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Meaning of opus spicatum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Herringbone masonry.

Ancient-Rome, uncountable

Equivalents

Français opus spicatum

Examples

“One sees in it a pediment in the Empire style on a Jesuit portico; it has rusticated galleries, colonnades like those of the Louvre, Renaissance staircases, Gothic halls, and a Roman crypt. If one were to expose the foundations, one would come upon opus spicatum and Roman cement.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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