ashlar
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French esselier, from Latin axilla, diminutive of axis (“board, plank”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæʃlə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæʃlɚ/
Noun
ashlar (countable and uncountable, plural ashlars)
- (architecture) A large cuboid stone; masonry making use of such stone blocks.
- 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001), page 108:
- Even as I babbled, Jock's massy frame filled the doorway, his ill-hewn ashlar head weaving from side to side, eyes blinking at the light.
- 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001), page 108:
- A hurling stone used in warfare.
Derived terms
Translations
a large square stone
masonry making use of such blocks
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a hurling stone used in warfare
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