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
He gave it a new ashlar facing, which, as the wall was considerably out of the perpendicular, constituted an invisible buttress.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Palmer, G. H. (George Henry)
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
