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ashlar (iou)



ashlar noun & verb. Also ashler. ME.
[Old French aisselier from Latin AXILLA dim. of AXIS noun1, assis, board, plank.]
A. noun. A square-hewn stone; masonry constructed of such stones laid in horizontal courses with vertical joints; similar masonry used as a facing to rubble or brick. ME.
b. verb trans. Face with ashlar. M19.
ashlaring noun (a) upright boarding fixed in attics from the joists to the rafters to cut off the acute angle of the roof and the floor; (b) ashlar masonry: E18.