| 单词 | rustic work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrustic work rustic work n. [originally after French œuvre rustique (1613 in the passage translated in quot. 1615)] Architecture masonry artificially roughened or left rough-hewn; rustication; cf. sense A. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [noun] > stonework or masonry > types of ashlar-work1398 rough wall1398 keying1483 corbelling1548 rustic1610 channel1611 rustic work1615 ledge1624 coffer-work1668 rubble work1675 canal1723 rockwork1755 ashlaring1758 rubble1815 ragwork1840 striped work1842 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > rustic work rustic1610 rustic work1615 rustication1766 1615 E. Grimeston tr. P. d'Avity Estates 942 There is also in the same place, a very faire columne of rustick worke, the stones whereof are all joyned together without lime, or morter. 1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. xxvii. 49 Rustick-work..does not look well, unless it be in a very large Building. 1859 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. IV. 391 The front to the courtyard is faced with that peculiar kind of masonry called rustic-work. 1908 W. S. Sparrow Eng. House xiii. 271 One other characteristic may be mentioned at this point, namely, the use of rustic work. It is described by Parker as dressed masonry. 1990 R. Swain Walker's Guide to Lancaster Canal viii. 66 The outside walls between the arches were to be 5 feet in thickness, done in rustic work as high as the cornice. < as lemmas |
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