(Also ashlar-work): Masonry constructed of square hewn stones; opposed to rubble-work.

= rubble work, n.

Stonework serving as the key of an arch. Obsolete. rare.

Work consisting of corbels. Also attributive.

Architecture. Cf. A. 3a. Masonry in the rustic style; rustic work; rustication. Now rare.

A groove, furrow, or track. A (long) groove, furrow, or recess in any surface; spec. (a) Architecture a flute (flute, n.1 4), a glyph; (b) (in…

masonry artificially roughened or left rough-hewn; rustication; cf. sense A. 3a.

A course or layer. Obsolete.

Work done with or in coffers; in Architecture masonry having ‘coffers’ filled with rubble, etc. Formerly also, building in concrete.

Masonry made of rubble or undressed stones. Also: fragments of stone mixed with mortar and used to fill in the spaces between dressed stones or…

Architecture. Any of various semi-tubular grooves, esp. one of the flutings of a column. Obsolete.

Architecture. Masonry with a rough projecting face, giving the appearance of natural, freshly quarried rock. Cf. rustic work n. at rustic, adj. n.co…

Ashlar masonry.

= rubble work, n.

Masonry composed of flattish pieces of ragstone, with an undressed surface.

Masonry. striped work, chisel marks made across a stone at an angle of 45°.