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

This had become dust, and tended to burst out the ashlar casing: this shell was indeed doing all the work of supporting the weight resting on the piers.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

I might add," continued John, "that when the courses are not regular it is called broken ashlar; when stones of less than one foot in breadth are usedp.

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

The ashlar masonry forming the angles is not, however, invariably thus disposed.

From The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. by Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche