Meaning & use

Waller

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A person who builds or repairs walls, especially traditional dry stone walls.

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The waller spent weeks rebuilding the collapsed section of the old stone wall.

Local wallers are reviving the traditional craft of dry stone walling in the countryside.

A note on using this word

The craft of the dry stone waller is a traditional trade in rural Britain, still practiced and taught today.

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stonemasonwall-builder

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