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Masonry employing flat and well-squared stone or brick, creating an appearance similar to wooden flooring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: architecture
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Stone hewn and finished to create such masonry, either completely or as a facade over an earthen or rubble core.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: architecture
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A stone intended for hurling by means of a catapult or similar device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: building block, stone
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”).
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
carreuada
— well-finished masonry creating an effect similar to well-done wooden flooring
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Dutch:
blok natuursteen
— well-finished masonry creating an effect similar to well-done wooden flooring
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Dutch:
parement
— well-finished masonry creating an effect similar to well-done wooden flooring
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Finnish:
harkkokivimuuraus
— well-finished masonry creating an effect similar to well-done wooden flooring
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French:
pierre de taille
— well-finished masonry creating an effect similar to well-done wooden flooring
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German:
Quaderstein
— well-finished masonry creating an effect similar to well-done wooden flooring
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German:
Werkstein
— well-finished masonry creating an effect similar to well-done wooden flooring
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Irish:
eisléireacht
— well-finished masonry creating an effect similar to well-done wooden flooring
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Italian:
pietra da taglio
— well-finished masonry creating an effect similar to well-done wooden flooring
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Italian:
pietra squadrata
— well-finished masonry creating an effect similar to well-done wooden flooring
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Italian:
concio
— well-finished masonry creating an effect similar to well-done wooden flooring
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Occitan:
pèira de talha
— well-finished masonry creating an effect similar to well-done wooden flooring
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Polish:
licówka kamienna nieregularna
— well-finished masonry creating an effect similar to well-done wooden flooring
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Polish:
mur ciosowy
— well-finished masonry creating an effect similar to well-done wooden flooring
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Russian:
белый камень
(belyj kamenʹ)
— well-finished masonry creating an effect similar to well-done wooden flooring
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Bulgarian:
дя́лан ка́мък
(djálan kámǎk)
— well-finished stone intended for such work
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Catalan:
carreu
— well-finished stone intended for such work
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Chinese Mandarin:
方石
— well-finished stone intended for such work
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Danish:
kvadersten
— well-finished stone intended for such work
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Finnish:
harkkokivi
— well-finished stone intended for such work
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Galician:
perpiaño
— well-finished stone intended for such work
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Irish:
eisléir
— well-finished stone intended for such work
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Portuguese:
cantaria
— well-finished stone intended for such work
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Spanish:
sillar
— well-finished stone intended for such work
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Swedish:
kvadersten
— well-finished stone intended for such work