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canopy roof

Architecture; General architecture

A roof, often over a balcony or porch, that is suggestive of the curvature of a suspended cloth canopy.

cant bay

Architecture; General architecture

A bay erected on a plan of canted outline.

cant beam

Architecture; General architecture

A beam having its edges beveled or chamfered.

cant board

Architecture; General architecture

A board which is laid so as to cant a surface, as under the first row of shingles on a roof, or to support lead sheeting on each side of a valley gutter; a cant strip.

cantherius

Architecture; General architecture

A principal rafter in an ancient wooden roof.

caul

Architecture; General architecture

A flat sheet of metal or wood used as a protective layer of plywood, particleboard, fiberboard,etc., during the forming, pressing, and shaping operations.