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RUSTICATION [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
DEF

Masonry cut in massive blocks separated from each other by deep joints, employed to give a rich and bold texture to an exterior wall and normally reserved for the lower part of it.

OBS

Compare with "bossage".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
DEF

Parement de pierre formant une bosse plus ou moins saillante par rapport à ses arêtes. [On trouve les types de bossage suivants :] «bossage à anglets», «bossage arrondi», «bossage en cavet», «bossage en pointe de diamant», «bossage rustique» [et] «bossage vermiculé».

DEF

Saillie laissée sur le parement d'un ouvrage en pierre [...] comme ornement [...]

DEF

Saillie d'un élément sur le nu de la maçonnerie.

Spanish

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