or cut stone.
Coursed rubble is wall construction with the stones roughly dressed and set in deep, approximate courses.
Speckled rubble is a rubble wall with small pieces of stone sometimes called snecks filling the irregular spaces between the larger stones.
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rubble masonry — also called rubblework the use of undressed, rough stone, generally in the construction of walls (wall). Dry stone random rubble walls, for which rough stones are piled up without mortar, are the most basic form. An intermediate method is … Universalium
rubble masonry — noun : masonry composed of unsquared stone … Useful english dictionary
Rubble — Rub ble, n. [From an assumed Old French dim. of robe See {Rubbish}.] 1. Water worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls. [1913 Webster] Inside [the wall] there was… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Masonry — This article refers to the building structure component; for the fraternal organization, see Freemasonry. A mason laying mortar on top of a finished course of blocks, prior to placing the next course. Masonry is the building of structures from… … Wikipedia
rubble — [rub′əl] n. [ME robel; akin to RUBBISH, RUB] 1. rough, irregular, loose fragments of rock, broken from larger bodies either by natural processes or artificially, as by blasting 2. masonry made of rubble; rubblework 3. debris from buildings, etc … English World dictionary
Coursed rubble — Rubble Rub ble, n. [From an assumed Old French dim. of robe See {Rubbish}.] 1. Water worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls. [1913 Webster] Inside [the wall]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rubble — For other uses, see Rubble (disambiguation). Rubble is broken stone, of irregular size, shape and texture. This word is closely connected in derivation with rubbish , which was formerly also applied to what we now call rubble . Rubble naturally… … Wikipedia
rubble — /rub euhl/ or, for 3, 4, /rooh beuhl/, n. 1. broken bits and pieces of anything, as that which is demolished: Bombing reduced the town to rubble. 2. any solid substance, as ice, in irregularly broken pieces. 3. rough fragments of broken stone,… … Universalium
rubble — I. noun Etymology: Middle English robyl Date: 14th century 1. a. broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building < fortifications knocked into rubble C. S. Forester > b. a miscellaneous confused mass or group… … New Collegiate Dictionary
rubble — rub•ble [[t]ˈrʌb əl[/t]] or, for 3,4, [[t]ˈru bəl[/t]] n. 1) broken bits and pieces of anything, as that which is demolished: Bombing reduced the town to rubble[/ex] 2) gel bui rough fragments of broken stone, formed by geological processes, in… … From formal English to slang
