ashlaring

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ash=lar=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

ashlaring, n. 

•  The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.  [1913 Webster]
•  Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.  Brande & C.  [1913 Webster]
•  The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ashlaring, n.
1 ashlar masonry.
2 the short upright boarding in a garret which cuts off the acute angle between the roof and the floor.