ashler

Variant of ashlar

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

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