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
All 390 the churches are built in fine ashlar masonry, with moulded archivolts and architraves to doorways and windows, and moulded string courses and cornices of simple design.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
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 Lucas Malet
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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