emplecton

English

Etymology

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

Noun

emplecton (countable and uncountable, plural emplectons)

1. 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.
   • 1980, Romanian Review - Volume 35, page 97:

     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.

References

1849-1850, John Weale, Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering