long-and-short work
[ lawng-uhn-shawrt, long- ]
nounMasonry.
an arrangement of rectangular quoins or jambstones set alternately vertically and horizontally.
Origin of long-and-short work
1First recorded in 1860–65
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British Dictionary definitions for long-and-short work
long-and-short work
noun
architect the alternation in masonry of vertical and horizontal blocks of stone
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