long-and-short work

[lawng-uh n-shawrt, long-]

noun Masonry.

an arrangement of rectangular quoins or jambstones set alternately vertically and horizontally.

Origin of long-and-short work

First 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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