emplecton

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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.

OriginLatin emplecton ← Ancient Greek ἐμπλέκω →
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Meanings

nounemplecton (countable and uncountable, plural emplectons)

plural emplectons · alternative emplection

  1. countableuncountableA 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.

    In these cases, it has been envisaged the pulling off of the emplectons of the wall, the removal of the roots, the placing back of the loose blocks and finally the placing back of the emplectons so as not to exert too great a pressure on the paraments of the wall.

    1980, Romanian Review - Volume 35, page 97

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἐμπλέκω“to plait or weave in”
  2. Latinemplecton
  3. Englishemplecton

French or Latin emplecton, from Ancient Greek ἐμπλέκω (emplékō, “to plait or weave in”); ἐν (en, “in”) + πλέκω (plékō, “to twist, weave”).

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APA

emplecton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emplecton

MLA

“emplecton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emplecton. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emplecton,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emplecton.

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