ashlar

(as̸hlər)

or ashler

noun

  1. a square-cut building stone
  2. a thin, dressed, square stone used for facing masonry walls
  3. 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
  1. a. A squared block of building stone.
    b. Masonry of such stones.
  2. 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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