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 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

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

"You certainly made a first class job of ashlar work," remarked John.

From The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island by Finlay, Roger Thompson