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STONEWORK |
Masonry |
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MOELLON |
Rubble masonry. |
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GRAVESTONES |
Most solemn individuals make memorial masonry |
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COURSED |
Arranged in courses; as, coursed masonry. |
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BRICKLAYER |
Masonry veneer or the one who constructed it |
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BLOCAGE |
The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry. |
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VAULT |
An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. |
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SLATT |
A slab of stone used as a veneer for coarse masonry. |
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REVET |
To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other
material. |
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GARRETING |
Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of
coarse masonry. |
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COUNTERFORT |
A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a
revetment wall. |
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JUMP |
An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or
masonry. |
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ASHLER |
Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or
hewn stone. |
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RENDER |
To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of
lath. |
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RUBBLEWORK |
Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are
irregular in size and shape. |
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PIER |
Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a
wall. See Buttress. |
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MASONRY |
The work or performance of a mason; as, good or bad
masonry; skillful masonry. |
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COFFER |
To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay
behind the masonry or timbering. |
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PODIUM |
The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a
mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers. |
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NOGGING |
Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of
a wooden frame, in building. |
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BACKJOINT |
A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent
slab or other filling. |
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GATHER |
The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in
gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7. |
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CULVERT |
A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road,
railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge. |
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INTERDOME |
The open space between the inner and outer shells of a
dome or cupola of masonry. |
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UNDERPINNING |
The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting
by stones, masonry, or the like. |