ashlar
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
ashlar
- (architecture) A large cuboid stone; masonry making use of such stone blocks.
- 1970, Rosemary Sutcliff, The Witch`s Brat (Red Fox 1990), p.83:
- And from the choir itself, where the big hoist was working, came the shouts of the men sweating at the great wheel that swung the cut stones skyward, and the men high overhead on the hurdle-walks, waiting to receive the swinging ashlars and guide them into place.
- 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001), page 108:
- Even as I babbled, Jock's massy frame filled the doorway, his ill-hewn ashlar head weaving from side to side, eyes blinking at the light.
- 1970, Rosemary Sutcliff, The Witch`s Brat (Red Fox 1990), p.83:
- A hurling stone used in warfare.
- French: pierre de taille
- German: Quaderstein, Werkstein
- Italian: pietra da taglio, pietra squadrata, concio
- Russian: белый камень
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