Emplecton

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.

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emplecton
emplecton, i, n., = ἔμπλεκτον (lit., interwoven), rubble-work , a sort of masonry in which the spac...

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