opus reticulatum

noun

A facing used for concrete walls in Ancient Roman architecture, with small pyramidal tuff embedded in a concrete core.

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Meanings

nounopus reticulatum (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableA facing used for concrete walls in Ancient Roman architecture, with small pyramidal tuff embedded in a concrete core.

Origin

  1. Latin[Term?]
  2. Englishopus reticulatum

Latin [Term?] (literally “reticulate work”)

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