mason

 
Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪs(ə)n/

noun

  • 1a person skilled in cutting, dressing, and laying stone in buildings: the chief mason at Westminster Abbey
  • 2 (Mason) a Freemason: a Mason’s handshake

verb

[with object]
  • build from or strengthen with stone: the other building was masoned up out of hewn limestone
  • cut or dress (stone): one course of massive stones, roughly masoned

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French masson (noun), maçonner (verb), probably of Germanic origin; perhaps related to make