ashlar
UK/ˈæʃlə/US/ˈæʃlɚ/
ashlar noun: masonry employing flat and well-squared stone or brick, creating an appearance similar to wooden flooring.
Noun
ashlar (countable and uncountable, plural ashlars)
- Masonry employing flat and well-squared stone or brick, creating an appearance similar to wooden flooring.
- The four main spans across the waterway are carried on ashlar piers founded on Memel timber piles.1949 November and December, “Notes and News: The High Level Bridge, Newcastle”, in Railway Magazine, page 407
- 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, published 2001, page 108
- Stone hewn and finished to create such masonry, either completely or as a facade over an earthen or rubble core.
- And from the choir itself, where the big hoist was working, came the shouts of the men sweating at the great wheel that swung the cut stones skyward, and the men high overhead on the hurdle-walks, waiting to receive the swinging ashlars and guide them into place.1970, Rosemary Sutcliff, The Witch`s Brat, Red Fox, published 1990, page 83
- A stone intended for hurling by means of a catapult or similar device.
ashlar meaning in Tamil
ashlar in Tamil
- அசிலர் சதுரக்கற்கட்டு, செதுக்குக் கல் சுவா, மேவுகல், மேவு கல்லாலான, மேவுகல் கட்டியணைகொடு
Examples of ashlar in a sentence
- By the Augustan period, however, the old ashlar circuit with its earthen agger was beginning to be dismantled in some places.2012, Seth G. Bernard, “Continuing the Deabte on Rome's Earliest Circuit Walls”, in Papers of the British School at Rome, number 80, page 2:
- The building, in a plain Tudor Gothic style, has a central door in chamfered ashlar surround.2024 March 6, Dr Joseph Brennan, “England's booking offices of distinction”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 59:
Forms of ashlar
| plural | ashlars |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ashler |
Origin of ashlar
From Middle English assheler, acheler, etc., from forms of Old French esselier (“wooden support, traverse beam”), from Medieval Latin ascelāris and assellāris (equivalent to a diminutive of early forms of ais (“plank”)), variant of *axillāris (attested only after the Renaissance), from Latin axilla (“little plank”) + -āris (“-ary: forming adjectives”), from axis (“axle, plank”) + -illa (“-ella: forming diminutives”).
Words formed from ashlar
Questions about ashlar
- What does ashlar mean?
- Ashlar means masonry employing flat and well-squared stone or brick, creating an appearance similar to wooden flooring.
- What is ashlar in Tamil?
- Ashlar in Tamil is அசிலர் சதுரக்கற்கட்டு, செதுக்குக் கல் சுவா, மேவுகல். See Ashlar meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use ashlar in a sentence?
- By the Augustan period, however, the old ashlar circuit with its earthen agger was beginning to be dismantled in some places.
- What part of speech is ashlar?
- Ashlar is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ashlar?
- Ashlar is pronounced /ˈæʃlə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ashlar?
- The plural of ashlar is ashlars.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ashlar (page history and authors); ashlar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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