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cornice

Architecture; General architecture

A molding or ornamentation that projects from the top of a building.

batter

Architecture; General architecture

Upwardly receding slope of a wall or column.

Vault of the internal hood of a doorway or window to which a splay has been given on the reveal, sometimes the vaulting surface is terminated by a small rib known as the scoinson rib, and a further ...

apse

Architecture; General architecture

Vaulted semicircular or polygonal end of a chancel or chapel.

mullion

Architecture; General architecture

Vertical bar of wood, metal or stone which divides a window into two or more parts.

buttress

Architecture; General architecture

Vertical member projecting from a wall to stabilize it or to resist the lateral thrust of an arch, roof, or vault. A flying buttress transmits the thrust to a heavy abutment by means of an arch or ...