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ashlar
(as̸h′lər)
or ashler
noun
- a square-cut building stone
- a thin, dressed, square stone used for facing masonry walls
- masonry made of either kind of ashlar
Origin: ME assheler < OFr aisseler < aissele, shingle, dim. < ais, board < L assis, board, akin to asser, beam, plank
See ashlar in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A squared block of building stone.b. Masonry of such stones.
- A thin, dressed rectangle of stone for facing walls.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English assheler
Origin: , from Old French aisselier, board
Origin: , from aissele
Origin: , from Medieval Latin axicellus
Origin: , from Latin assis
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