masoned

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of mason.

   The builders masoned the cellar walls with granite from a nearby quarry.

   The arch had been masoned so carefully that it still stands without a crack.

   Note

   The verb is regular, so one -ed spelling does both jobs: the simple past (the crew masoned the cellar) and the participle after have or be (the arch had been masoned). It always takes an object, the structure built, lined or underpinned with stone or brick. The heraldic adjective shares the spelling but describes a pictured wall, not a job of building.

2. 2
   adjective

   In heraldry, describing a building or wall whose bricks and mortar are shown in different tinctures.

   The shield bears a silver castle masoned in black, with its gate standing open.

   The city's coat of arms has a red wall masoned in white running across the base of the shield.

   Note

   A blazon word that follows the building's own color and names the color of its mortar lines: a tower argent masoned sable is a silver tower with black joints. Because tinctures include heraldry's metals as well as its colors, the lines can be gold or silver as easily as red or black. It is not comparable; a wall is masoned or it is not.

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