masoncraft

masoncraft noun: the skills of a mason; expertise in building with stone, brick, etc.

Noun

masoncraft (countable and uncountable, plural masoncrafts)

The skills of a mason; expertise in building with stone, brick, etc.
- The decay of masoncraft in the country generally is one of the things the lover of architecture most mourns, and this decay makes the preservation of the older work a matter of real national concern.1939, Oxoniensia - Volumes 4-7, page 88
- Thus the second category of practica, which included carpentry and masoncraft, mirrored the theoretical science of mathematics.1979, Richard Morris, Cathedrals and Abbeys of England and Wales, page 105
Masonry; the work or output of a mason.
- Masoncraft, Freeman well shows, may, combined with writings, be a powerful factor in historic evidence; for the mind of a nation, at successive eras of its existence, is inscribed in its architecture.1896, Andrew Taylor, Ancient Towers and Doorways
- These two places of the same name are singular in possessing large churches of a masoncraft which seems peculiar to the Carpass, as far as Cyprus is concerned, a masoncraft evidently imitated from the buildings of the Latin Crusaders established in Syria during the XIIth century.1918, George Jeffery, A description of the historic monuments of Cyprus

Monastic chronicles, building contracts and accounts and other contemporary documents have revealed a good deal of information about the practice of masoncraft in the Middle Ages.2000, Malcolm Hislop, Medieval Masons:
For lightness and delicacy the masoncraft of Gloucester had no rivals at the time.1926, Oxfordshire Record Series - Volumes 8-9, page 40:
These refined masoncrafts are decorated with motifs or patterns that match the surrounding architectural molding of terraces, the bases of buildings, or the stone railings.1988, Frances Ya-sing Tsu, Landscape Design in Chinese Gardens, page 102:
The Silverman house was stoutly built, with snug masoncraft and tight joinery, but somehow the sudden storm pressed a vague draft through the dining room.2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 191:

plural	masoncrafts

From mason + -craft.

What does masoncraft mean?: Masoncraft means the skills of a mason; expertise in building with stone, brick, etc.
How do you use masoncraft in a sentence?: Monastic chronicles, building contracts and accounts and other contemporary documents have revealed a good deal of information about the practice of masoncraft in the Middle Ages.
What part of speech is masoncraft?: Masoncraft is a noun.
What is the plural of masoncraft?: The plural of masoncraft is masoncrafts.

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