emplecton
emplecton noun: a kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.
Noun
emplecton (countable and uncountable, plural emplectons)
- A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.
- In these cases, it has been envisaged the pulling off of the emplectons of the wall, the removal of the roots, the placing back of the loose blocks and finally the placing back of the emplectons so as not to exert too great a pressure on the paraments of the wall.1980, Romanian Review - Volume 35, page 97
Forms of emplecton
| plural | emplectons |
|---|---|
| alternative form | emplection |
Origin of emplecton
French or Latin emplecton, from Ancient Greek ἐμπλέκω (emplékō, “to plait or weave in”); ἐν (en, “in”) + πλέκω (plékō, “to twist, weave”).
Questions about emplecton
- What does emplecton mean?
- Emplecton means a kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.
- What part of speech is emplecton?
- Emplecton is a noun.
- What is the plural of emplecton?
- The plural of emplecton is emplectons.
Words near emplecton in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emplecton (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.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “emplecton.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/emplecton. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.