ashlar
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French esselier, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin axilla, diminutive of axis (“board, plank”).
Pronunciation
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|lang=parameter) IPA(key): /ˈæʃlə/
Noun
ashlar (plural ashlars)
- (architecture) A large cuboid stone; masonry making use of such stone blocks.
- 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.
- 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001), page 108:
- A hurling stone used in warfare.
Derived terms
Translations
a large square stone
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masonry making use of such blocks
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a hurling stone used in warfare
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