Lexicographical Neighbors of Parpoints
Literary usage of Parpoints
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings (1908)
"... cells, married and single men's quarters, men's recreation- room, parade
ground, etc. The exterior of the courts is of York stone parpoints and ..."
2. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1856)
"The building is entirely of stone parpoints from Kerridge rocks near Macclesfield,
with quoins, window-dressings and other requisites of Yorkshire stone ..."
3. Practical Tunnelling by Frederick Walter Simms, Daniel Kinnear Clark (1896)
"in rubble and mortar, and 9-inch arch parpoints set in mortar, packed behind with
dry rubble ; the third, through soft rock or shale, not watertight, ..."
4. The Rudiments of Civil Engineering by Henry Law, George Rowdon Burnell, Daniel Kinnear Clark (1884)
"second, through water-tight shale and soft rock, with 15-inch walls in rabble
and mortar, and 9-inch arch parpoints set in mortar, packed behind with dry ..."
5. The Rudiments of Civil Engineering by Henry Law, George Rowdon Burnell (1881)
"second, through water-tight shale and soft rock, with 15-inch walls in rubble
and mortar, and 9-inch arch parpoints set in mortar, packed behind with dry ..."
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