| 单词 | long and short work |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong and short work 2. Masonry and Bricklaying. Designating a style of construction in which long and short blocks or bricks are placed alternately in a vertical line, esp. to form a quoin or jamb. Also: designating a building featuring this style. Esp. in long and short work. Cf. long adj.1 and n.1 Phrases 4c(b).Chiefly with reference to Anglo-Saxon architecture. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [adjective] > specific dispositions herringbone1700 random1703 brick-on-edge1750 Cyclopean1822 uncoursed1825 long and short1835 inbond1842 throughband1844 isodomous1850 coursed1851 brick veneer1881 out-bond1882 joint-bedded1883 snecked1883 rat-trap bond1932 coigned- 1835 T. Rickman Attempt to discriminate Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 4) 303 It is evidently part of a more ancient structure carefully preserved.., and is as clearly a long and short construction as Whittingham or Barton. 1845 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 396/1 The window engraved is identical with many of those in the ‘long and short’ churches of England. 1863 G. G. Scott Gleanings Westm. Abbey (ed. 2) 11 A small loop window..with long-and-short work in the jambs. 1920 J. Vaughan Music of Wild Flowers iv. 49 It is made of flint and concrete, and shows what is known as ‘long and short’ masonry, herringbone flint-work, with a large number of Roman bricks built into it. 1983 M. Kerr & N. Kerr Anglo-Saxon Archit. iv. 37 The origins of long-and-short quoins are obscure. 2011 G. R. Sharpe Hist. Eng. Churches i. 89 Most had long and short work at the corners, together with pilaster strips. < as lemmas |
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