ashlaringn.
/ˈaʃlərɪŋ/, /ˈaʃlɑːrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈæʃlərɪŋ/ 1. ‘In carpentry,
a. the short upright quartering fixed in garrets about two feet six inches or three feet high from the floor, being between the rafters and the floor, in order to cut off the acute angle formed by the rafters.
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1730 in N. Bailey Dict. Britannicum
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 54/2 Ashlering, the vertical timbers or quarterings, 2½ to 3 feet long, fixed in attics between floor-joists and rafters as supports for a partition wall, to cut off the sharp angle under the lower end of the rafter.
b. The upright quarterings seen in some open timber roofs between the inner wall plate and the rafters, is also so called.’ Gwilt 1842.
2. Ashlar masonry.
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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
1758 J. Smeaton in Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 201 The whole ashlering..was torn off from the inner wall.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 310 Ashlaring is a term used by masons to designate the plain stone work of the front of a building.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 599 Faced with Portland..stone, ashlaring.
1858 Skyring's Builders' Prices 91 To ashlering take plain work to face, bed, and joint.
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