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Opus craticum — is an ancient Roman construction technique, involving wattlework and walls of half timber construction, filled with stones and/or straw and plastered with mortar. An example of this technique would be the House in Opus Craticum in Herculaneum.… … Wikipedia
basketry — /bas ki tree, bah ski /, n. 1. baskets collectively; basketwork. 2. the art or process of making baskets. [1850 55; BASKET + RY] * * * Art and craft of making containers and other objects from interwoven flexible fibres such as grasses, twigs,… … Universalium
wattle and dab — wattle and daub or (rare) wattle and dab noun Wattlework plastered with mud and used as a building material • • • Main Entry: ↑wattle * * * wattle and daub or wattle and dab, Especially British. a building material consisting of wattle plastered… … Useful english dictionary
