
Assise
UK
/əˈsiːz/
US
/əˈsiːz/

Translation of "assise" into Russian
Definitions
assise
NounUK
/əˈsiːz/
US
/əˈsiːz/
(obsolete) A session or sitting of a court or judicial assembly; an assize.
In the year 1293, the assise convened to settle disputes among the barons.
A horizontal course or layer of stone or brick in masonry.
The mason ensured each assise was perfectly level before adding the next.
A stratum or layer of rock or soil.
Fossils were found in an assise of limestone just below the surface.
In botany or mycology, a layer of specialised cells forming part of a tissue.
The epidermal assise of the leaf contains numerous stomata.
assise
AdjectiveUK
/əˈsiːz/
US
/əˈsiːz/
Consisting of, forming, or relating to a horizontal layer or course, especially in masonry or geology.
The castle walls display an assise pattern of alternating thick and thin stones.