ashlar
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The syncopation of transparent and opaque windows, alternating with ashlar panels, can suggest the patterns of kente cloth.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
When he began with Bambridge, it took him three days to make an ashlar.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fine ashlar work of el-Hadr is no longer adhered to, and in its place we find rubble masonry with thick mortar joints, the walls being covered afterwards, both externally and internally, with stucco.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
This latter is of Perpendicular date, very plain, but of excellent ashlar work; it has a clock and six bells.
From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway
The windows of the ground floor, set in deeply-hewn ashlar work, were cross-barred as those of a prison.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas
