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 design of these entrance gateways is extremely simple and massive, depending for their effect on the fine ashlar masonry in which they are built, the decoration being more or less confined to ornamental disks.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
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
The arch is carried on three attached shafts on each side, built in ashlar, and provided with subdivided cushion caps and plain bases.
From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Dugald Butler
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