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Opus reticulatum
Also called reticulate
Roman wall facing of small tufa blocks with square faces set diagonally, forming a net-like pattern; the blocks are pyramids whose points are embedded in the concrete core.
See also: Opus incertum, Opus mixtum
Rules that use the word
Opus reticulatum and opus incertum. Face a concrete wall either with small irregular stones set at random (opus incertum), which is strong though not handsome, or with small square-faced stones set diagonally in a net (opus reticulatum), which is handsome but, its joints running every way, more likely to crack.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Walls and Openings.
Nearby in the glossary
Opus caementicium · Opus incertum · Opus mixtum · Opus quadratum · Opus testaceum · Orangery · Orchestra · Order