ashlar

English

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Alternative forms

• ashler

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French esselier, from Latin axilla, diminutive of axis (“board, plank”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæʃlə/

Noun

ashlar (plural ashlars)

1. (architecture) A large cuboid stone; masonry making use of such stone blocks.
   • 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001), page 108:

     Even as I babbled, Jock's massy frame filled the doorway, his ill-hewn ashlar head weaving from side to side, eyes blinking at the light.

2. A hurling stone used in warfare.

Derived terms

• ashlaring

Translations

a large square stone

• French: pierre de taille (fr) f
• Irish: eisléir (ga) f

• Spanish: sillar (es)

masonry making use of such blocks

• Irish: eisléireacht (ga) f

a hurling stone used in warfare

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• Bulgarian: (облицовка от) дялан камък
• Spanish: sillar

Anagrams

• lahars