Masoncraft
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The skills of a mason; expertise in building with stone, brick, etc. countable, uncountable
"The decay of masoncraft in the country generally is one of the things the lover of architecture most mourns, and this decay makes the preservation of the older work a matter of real national concern."
- 2 Masonry; the work or output of a mason. countable, uncountable
"Masoncraft, Freeman well shows, may, combined with writings, be a powerful factor in historic evidence; for the mind of a nation, at successive eras of its existence, is inscribed in its architecture."
Example
More examples"The decay of masoncraft in the country generally is one of the things the lover of architecture most mourns, and this decay makes the preservation of the older work a matter of real national concern."
Etymology
From mason + -craft.
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