emplecton
Meanings
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.
Word forms
Etymology
French or Latin emplecton, from Ancient Greek ἐμπλέκω (emplékō, “to plait or weave in”); ἐν (en, “in”) + πλέκω (plékō, “to twist, weave”).
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