ashlar
Example Sentences
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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 name "brick-ashlar" is given to walls faced with ashlar stonework backed in with brickwork.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
"You certainly made a first class job of ashlar work," remarked John.
From The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island by Roger Thompson Finlay
Whatever the cause, certain it is that here we miss the close-jointed external ashlar that we are accustomed to see in such grand contemporary Norman keeps as those of Castle Hedingham and Scarborough.
From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Charles G. Harper
