单词 | coffer-work |
释义 | † coffer-workn. Obsolete. Work done with or in coffers; in Architecture masonry having ‘coffers’ filled with rubble, etc. Formerly also, building in concrete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [noun] > stonework or masonry > types of ashlar-work1398 rough wall1398 keying1483 corbelling1548 rustic1610 channel1611 rustic work1615 ledge1624 coffer-work1668 rubble work1675 canal1723 rockwork1755 ashlaring1758 rubble1815 ragwork1840 striped work1842 1668 G. Richards tr. A. Palladio 1st Bk. Archit. (ed. 2) ix. 15 The manner Riempiuta,or filled Walls, which is also called Coffer-work, which the Ancients did use; taking Planks, and placing them edge-wise, allowing so much space as they would have the thicknesse of the Wall, filling it with mortar, and stones of all sorts. 1742 G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. 9 [as in prec. quot.; also] Coffer-work..made of two rows of free Stones..bound together with other crossing-rows, so the Space or Coffers..between the crossing-rows and the out-rows of Stones..were fill'd up with Stones and Earth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1668 |
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