| 单词 | faced work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfaced work faced work n. Architecture the material or workmanship used to create a superior finish on (a part of) a building or other structure. ΚΠ 1813 ‘T. Martin’ Circle Mech. Arts 532/2 All faced work in slate skirtings, staircases, galleries &c. is charged by the foot. 1861 J. Philp Washington Described i.16 It [sc. gneiss rock] splits in two directions nearly at right angles to each other, which fits it for faced work with little labor. 1971 A. W. McNicoll Hellenistic Fortifications I. vi. 248 Tooled faced work was popular..and its precision..is to my mind a decline from the ‘stoney’ stone of the earlier fortifications. < as lemmas |
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