ashlar

English - Turkish

Definition of ashlar in English Turkish dictionary: kesme yapı taşı; karo taşı; yontma taş; {i} yontma taşlardan yapılmış yapı; böyle taşlarla yapılmış veya kaplanmış yap; inşaatlarda kullanılan kesme veya yontma kare taş; (İnşaat) kesme taş
ashlar stone work: kesme taş duvar
ashlar rock: kesme taş kaya

English - English

Definition of ashlar in English English dictionary: A hurling stone used in warfare; A large square stone; masonry making use of such stone blocks; {n} freestone as rough out of the quarry; Cut stone with even faces and squared edges, which are laid in horizontal courses “Random” ashlar uses stones of varying sizes which interlock but do not form continuous horizontal or vertical courses “Coursed” ashlar is cut to a regular size but the finish has a rough texture; In the United States especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or brick; Squared blocks of smooth stone neatly trimmed; The outer part of a wall, such as in castle or town fortifications It was made of squared blocks of smooth stone, neatly trimmed into shape; Stone that has been cut square and dressed; Walls or facings of stonework laid in courses of evenly dressed stone with thin joints about 3mm thick, which should be raked out 20mm and pointed during cleaning down; Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone; Squared blocks of smooth stone neatly trimmed to shape; a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes; A wall construction using squared stone; Flat units square or rectangle in size, bonded and laid in mortar; {i} hewn stones; Square-cut masonry; a block with one flat exposed face Ashlar Quoin - a block with one flat face and return face; masonry of large blocks wrought to even faces and square edges; Dressed stonework; Stones cut smooth on all surfaces, including the face From the Latin "axis" for board or plank (which also gives us "axis", a straight line about which sometime rotates, "axle", but apparently not "ax" ) The opposite, to make the surface rough-hewn (but the sides still square so they fit together with a minimum of mortar), is "rustication"; a large rectangular building stone; The practice of laying stone in smooth cut - or dressed - blocks in regular courses, seperated by only the thinnest of joints Originated by the ancient Egyptians and adopted as an important element of classical architecture; achelor
ashlars: plural of ashlar