Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ASHLAR; ASHLER
Ash "lar, Ash "ler, n. Etym: [OE. ascheler, achiler, OF. aiseler, fr. aiselle, dim. of ais plank, fr. L. axis, assis, plank, axle. See Axle. ]
1. (Masonry ) (a ) Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone. Rough ashlar, a block of freestone as brought from the quarry. When hammer-dressed it is known as common ashlar. Knight.
(b ) In the United States especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or brick. Knight.
ASHLARING; ASHLERING
ASHLARING; ASHLERING Ash "lar *ing, Ash "ler *ing, n.
1. The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
2. Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall. Brande & C.
3. (Carp. )
Defn: The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.
New American Oxford Dictionary
ashlar
ash lar |ˈaSHlər ˈæʃlər | ▶noun masonry made of large square-cut stones, typically used as a facing on walls of brick or stone. • a stone used in such masonry. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French aisselier, from Latin axilla, diminutive of axis ‘plank. ’
ashlaring
ash lar ing |ˈaSHləriNG ˈæʃlərɪŋ | ▶noun 1 ashlar masonry. 2 upright boarding fixed from the joists to the rafters of an attic to cut off the acute angle between the roof and the floor.
Oxford Dictionary
ashlar
ashlar |ˈaʃlə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] masonry made of large square-cut stones, used as a facing on walls of brick or stone rubble. • [ count noun ] a stone used in ashlar. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French aisselier from Latin axilla, diminutive of axis ‘plank ’.
ashlaring
ash ¦lar |ing |ˈaʃlərɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 ashlar masonry. 2 upright boarding fixed from the joists to the rafters of an attic to cut off the acute angle between the roof and the floor.
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