Look up: ashlar


  1. Ashlar
    Squared blocks of smooth stone neatly trimmed to shape.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20018

  2. ashlar
    slab, commonly rectangular in shape, of dressed stone for facing either exterior or interior
    Found op http://www.cst.cmich.edu/users/dietr1rv/gemrxAppB.htm

  3. ashlar
    [n] - a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=ashlar

  4. Ashlar
    building stone precisely cut and finished to a smooth finish
    Found op http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/glossary.php

  5. Ashlar
    Carefully dressed masonry.
    Found op http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/gloschur.htm

  6. ashlar
    square-cut stone blocks, often used as a smooth facing over brick or rubble
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20559

  7. Ashlar
    Square cut stone used as a facing on a rubble or brick wall (an expensive building finish)
    Found op http://www.digitalstroud.co.uk/glossary.php?glossgroup=W-Z

  8. ashlar
    Dressed stonework formed from masonry of regular squared stones laid in horizontal courses with vertical joints.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  9. Ashlar
    Masonry consisting of regularly shaped blocks of stone square-dressed to given dimensions and laid in courses with thin joints.
    Found op http://www.smart.salford.ac.uk/technicalinfo.php?tech=glossary

  10. Ashlar
    Squared blocks cut to an even face.
    Found op http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/resources/glossary.html

  11. Ashlar
    Masonry consisting of large blocks, with rectangular outer faces, laid in regular courses, and brought to a regular face, with fine mortar joints. Smooth ashlar is termed 'polished'. Other surface treatments are described as 'stugged' and 'droved'. Related Words: Masonry; Mortar
    Found op http://www.maintainyourchurch.org.uk/ToolkitModules/Toolkit1Glossary/tabid/

  12. Ashlar
    Finely worked stone, with a smooth finish. Joints between the stone can barely be seen. Such skilled work is very expensive, and a sign of an ambitious patron and architect.
    Found op http://www.architecture.com/HowWeBuiltBritain/Glossary.xhtml



  1. Ashlar
    Rectangular dressed blocks of stone laid in regular courses, usually with fine vertical joints. B
    Found op http://www.virtualani.org/glossary/index.htm

  2. Ashlar
    Thin slabs of freestone used as facing
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20941

  3. ashlar
    noun a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ashlar

  4. Ashlar
    • (n.) Alt. of Ashler
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/ashlar/

  5. Ashlar
    Ashlar is prepared stone work (i.e., dressed, cut) of any type of stone. Masonry using such stones laid in parallel courses is known as ashlar masonry, whereas masonry using irregularly shaped stones is known as rubble masonry. Ashlar blocks are rectangular cuboid blocks that are masonry sculpted t...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashlar

  6. Ashlar
    Ashlar (also known as achelor or ashler) is hewn or squared stone, as distinguished from that which is rough, as when it came from the quarry. The term also extends to masonry made of squared or hewn stone and masonry consisting of stones squared and smoothed in front and built in regular courses.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TA.HTM

  7. Ashlar
    masonry of large blocks cut with even faces and square edges.
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_architecture

  8. ashlar
    building stone neatly trimmed to shape. Stone with cut flat surface
    Found op http://www.castles-of-britain.com/glossary.htm

  9. Ashlar
    Large square block of stone usually used as quoins on the outer corners of buildings decorated with rustication.
    Found op http://www.arca.net/postcard/gourl.html?URL=http://www.arca.net/tourism/glo

  10. ashlar
    squared block of building stone; masonry of such stones; a thin dressed rectangle of stone for facing wall. Also Ashler. (Also ashler).
    Found op http://www2.shu.ac.uk/sfca/glossary.cfm

  11. Ashlar
    masonry of large blocks cut with even faces and square edges.
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_architecture

  12. ashlar
    1) Building block 2) Building stone 3) Rectangular building stone 4) Squared blocks of smooth stone neatly trimmed to shape 5) Stone
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/ashlar/1

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