Ashlar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈæʃlə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ashlar is a noun meaning (architecture) Masonry employing flat and well-squared stone or brick, creating an appearance similar to wooden flooring.
Meaning
(architecture) Masonry employing flat and well-squared stone or brick, creating an appearance similar to wooden flooring.
More Meanings
- (architecture) Stone hewn and finished to create such masonry, either completely or as a facade over an earthen or rubble core.
- (military, historical) A stone intended for hurling by means of a catapult or similar device.
Example Sentences
The building, in a plain Tudor Gothic style, has a central door in chamfered ashlar surround.
The four main spans across the waterway are carried on ashlar piers founded on Memel timber piles.
By the Augustan period, however, the old ashlar circuit with its earthen agger was beginning to be dismantled in some places.
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.
Word Forms
- ashlars
- ashler
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quoins, ashler, slatt, slabstone, ashlering, rangework.
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