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Definition of Dry-stone wall
1. Noun. A stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dry-stone Wall
Literary usage of Dry-stone wall
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine (1872)
"It is often advisable to make the cope of a dry stone wall waterproof, ...
If a dry stone wall is intended to be permanent, rounded boulders should not be ..."
2. General Report of the Agricultural State, and Political Circumstances, of by Sir John Sinclair (1814)
"1 HE Galloway dike, or most approved form of the dry stone-wall, owes its name
to the circumstance of its having been originally introduced into use in ..."
3. An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon (1831)
"Tlus fence, when properly executed, is next to hedges, the most durable : it is,
however, very expensive; and its superiority over the dry stone-wall is so ..."
4. The Forester =: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and by James Brown (1882)
"The most extensively used fence in the high inland districts of Scotland, Ireland,
and the north of England, is the dry-stone wall. From the nature of the ..."
5. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for by John Nisbet (1905)
"The dry-stone wall used to be built from 3 ft. 9 in. to 5 and even 5^ ft. high,
without lime or mortar, and was always apt to break down under pressure from ..."
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