Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A structure made of logs laid with their alternate layers at right angles and with the ends secured to the layers above and below by dovetailing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
construction work made oflogs , etc., laidhorizontally , with the endsdovetailed together at thecorners , and inmarine work often surrounding a central space filled with stones
Etymologies
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Examples
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The sides of the bin were built up of a cobwork of slender staves laid horizontally.
In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895
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As night fell, dozens of little bonfires were lighted in the plaza, made from cobwork piles of fat-pine.
In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895
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