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One choice definition every day from Pevsner's Architectural Glossary. tinyurl.com/d2fxf4f Joined November 2011-
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ASTRAGAL Classical moulding of semicircular section. Also (Scots) glazing bar between window panes.
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(...2/2) Sometimes used with linenfold panelling.
PARCHEMIN PANEL With a vertical central rib or moulding branching in ogee curves to meet the four corners of the panel. (1/2...)
GNOMON Vane or indicator casting a shadow onto a sundial.
UNIVALLATE Of a hill-fort: defended by one concentric bank and ditch.
TRENCHED PURLINS Purlins (horizontal longitudinal timbers in a roof structure) which are trenched into the backs of the principals.
BALANCE BEAM (Canals): Beam projecting horizontally from the top of a lock gate, enabling it to be opened and closed manually.
MAUSOLEUM Monumental building or chamber usually intended for the burial of members of one family.
GUILLOCHE Classical ornament of interlaced bands.
RINGING CHAMBER Stage in a tower where the bell ringers stand.
AMBO Raised platform or pulpit in Early Christian churches.
ACCUMULATOR TOWER A tower housing a hydraulic accumulator which accommodates fluctuations in the flow through hydraulic power mains.
ANTEFIXAE Ornaments projecting at regular intervals above a Greek cornice, originally to conceal the ends of roof tiles.
ALMONRY A building from which alms are dispensed to the poor.
MATRIX The setting of a brass or other inlaid material.
ASTYLAR Of a classical building: with no columns or vertical features.
BRETASCHE (lit. battlement): Defensive wooden gallery on a wall.
(2/2)... with the faces treated like shallow pyramids
DIAMOND-FACED RUSTICATION Rustication (the exaggerated treatment of masonry to give an effect of strength), ...(1/2)
LABEL STOP An ornamental projection or boss at the end of a label or hoodmould.
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