The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ashlaring \Ash"lar*ing\, Ashlering \Ash"ler*ing\, n.
The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.
--Brande & C.(Carp.) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of bedding ashlar in mortar. 2 Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall. 3 (context carpentry English) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets.
Usage examples of "ashlaring".
The tower certainly stood on the site of the present tower, as Roman ashlaring has been discovered on the north-west side of the north-west tower pier, above the vault of the side aisle, and also portions of a shaft with a base, which probably belonged to the Norman clerestory.