ashlaring
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
ashlaring (plural ashlarings)
- The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
- Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.
- 1849, Minard Lafever, The Modern Builder's Guide:
- they are also fluted on their under edges, and sunk on their upper sides, projecting about two inches, in general, beyond the ashlaring
- (carpentry) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets.
References edit
- “ashlaring”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.