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- noun rare 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.
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- noun A kind of
masonry in which the outer faces of the wall areashlar , the space between being filled with broken stone andmortar . Cross layers of stone are interlaid asbinders .
Etymologies
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French or Latin emplecton, from Ancient Greek εμπλέκω ("to plait or weave in"); εν ("in") + πλέκω ("to twist, weave").
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