MEANING
Stone masonry made of carefully squared or shaped blocks laid in regular courses.
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- ashlar masonry
- ashlar wall
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Ashlar masonry faced the entrance.
A single damaged block interrupted the ashlar wall.
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- ashlar
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Usually uncountable for masonry; singular ashlar and plural ashlars for individual blocks. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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