pierrotage

noun

pier·​ro·​tage

pē¦erə¦täzh

plural -s

: a stone and mortar filler used between framing members in southern colonial architecture

Word History

Etymology

French, collection of small stones, from (assumed) pierrot (diminutive of pierre stone, from Latin petra) + -age

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