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Record 1 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ashlar and Building Stone (Quarrying)
  • Natural Construction Materials
DEF

[Said of a ] stone set with the stratification vertical.

CONT

Instead of placing the stones on their natural bedding plane as they lay in the quarry - the correct method - the blocks of stone were "face-bedded." This caused the stones to scale in layers because they were placed on end with their bedding planes parallel to the face of the wall.

CONT

In nature, the stone is formed on a horizontal plane. When stone is used as a building material, it is "face-bedded," or set vertically on a structure.

OBS

As opposed to "natural bedded."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pierres de taille et moellons (Carrières)
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
CONT

Roche désagrégée non altérée à litage vertical.

Spanish

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