A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 368
of the bearings belonging to oneperson ; usually an achievement. The term iswithout precise significance, for its originalmeaning is the embroidered surcoat of a man atarms in which his aniiorial bearings were shown,and in modem usage it covers sometimes thewhole achievement, sometimes the… … Clustered Pier: S. Marys Abbey, York,c. IL50. COB. A mi.Kture of day, straw, and gravel,or of similar materials, for the construction ofwalls of a primitive class.028 COBBLESTONE
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