petrified carpentry

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petrified carpentry (uncountable)

  1. (archaeology) The presence in stonework architecture of designs that originated in carved wooden structures.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 228:
      It is, however, often used in woodwork, where it is easier to execute, and it seems possible that its use at Göbekli Tepe constitutes an example of ʻpetrified carpentryʼ.
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