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Garretting

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

properly Galletting, a term in architecture for the process in which the "gallets" or small splinters of stone are inserted in the joints of coarse masonry to protect the mortar joints; they are stuck in while the mortar is wet.

Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Garretting'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​g/garretting.html. 1910.