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 dust of his travels was on it, and the roughness of his new beard, and it was harsh in some of its lines, and severe as an ashlar from the craftsman’s tool.
From The Rustler of Wind River by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
None of the exterior masonry is Byzantine, as the use of polished ashlar with fine joints, of pointed arches, and of moulded stone cornices clearly proves.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen
They were made of rubble ashlar masonry, three feet square and seven feet in height.
From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Charles Davison
