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chamber story
Architecture; General architecture
In a house, a floor completely occupied by bedrooms; also called chamber floor.
chambranle
Architecture; General architecture
A structural feature, often ornamental, enclosing the sides and top of a doorway, window, fireplace, or similar opening. The top piece or lintel is called the transverse and the sidepieces or jambs ...
chamfer
Architecture; General architecture
A bevel or cant, such as a smalls play at the external angle of a masonry wall.
chamfered rustication
Architecture; General architecture
Rustication in which the smooth face of the stone parallel to the wall is deeply beveled at the joints so that, where two stones meet, the chamfering forms an internal right angle.
chancel aisle
Architecture; General architecture
The side aisle of a chancel in a large church; it usually passes around the apse, forming a deambulatory.
chancel arch
Architecture; General architecture
An arch which, in many churches, marks the separation of the chancel or sanctuary from the nave or body of the church.
chancel rail
Architecture; General architecture
The railing or barrier in place of a chancel screen by which the chancel is separated from the nave.
