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What is an ashlaring?

What is an ashlaring? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
  2. Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.
  3. (carpentry) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets.
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I am fairly happy with what to do with the floor but am not sure what to do about securing the ashlaring walls that sit on the I beam and support the roof purlin.
The only defect of it is an unreal scheme of the parterre done by ashlaring.
The church is constructed of ashlaring walls with a square west tower, rectangular nave and lower rectangular chancel and apse.
Many of the piers on the south side, namely, the eight westerly ones, including the half pier, retain the Norman ashlaring, upon which the new moldings have been wrought.
The construction is stone resembling brick in shape, giving a less stern appearance than ashlaring would have done in such a massive building.
The interior, which was restored in 1880 by Giuseppe Patricolo, displays ashlaring worked with the utmost care.

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