Dictionary entry

Ashlaring

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Ash″lar‐ing, Ash″ler‐ing, } n. 1. The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.

2. Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall. Brande & C.

3. (Carp.) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.