emplecton

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

emplecton, i, n., = ἔμπλεκτον (lit., interwoven),

rubble-work , a sort of masonry in which the space between two walls is filled with broken stones and mortar , Plin. 36, 22, 51, § 171 ( Vitr. 2, 8, 7, as Greek).

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