Glossary

the upper member (usually a flat slab) of the capital of a column that supports the architrave: in the Tuscan, Doric, and Ionic orders a square flat plate but in the Corinthian and Composite variously cut and ornamented

one of a pair of metal supports for firewood used on a hearth and made of a horizontal bar mounted on short legs with usually a vertical shaft surmounting the front end.

a curved span across an opening

the lowest division of an entablature resting in classical architecture immediately on the capital of the column, or the molding around a rectangular opening (as a door or window)

  a narrow half-round molding; also a projecting strip on the edge of a folding door

a sun-dried brick

  a projecting rim, band, or molding

horizontal pieces, built in stone or brick walls, for strengthening them

a clinker

the uppermost member of a column or pilaster crowing the shaft and taking the weight of the entablature, and often richly carved

  a concave molding having a curve that roughly approximates a quarter circle

the projecting part of the wall between the chimney-flue and the room

a chimney-stalk

the part of a chimney which rises, detached, from a house-top

overburned or partly vitrified bricks

a sunken panel in a ceiling or soffit, of ornamental character, usually decorated in the centre with a flower or the like; the spaces between the heads of the modillions and mutules

relating to or being a modification of the Corinthian order combining angular Ionic volutes with the acanthus-circled bell of the Corinthian

one of the stones forming the coping of a wall

the uppermost course of masonry or brickwork in a wall, usually made of a sloping form to throw off rain

the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition, or a top course that crowns a wall

a member of the cornice, above the bed-moulding and below the cymatium, having a broad vertical face, usually of considerable projection; also called drip or larmier

a continuous layer of bricks or stones of uniform height in a wall or foundation

id est, stile

an ogee, an Ionic colute

the block or cube, with plane faces, forming the body of a pedestal, between the base moldings and the cornice; also the finishing of wood running along the lower part of the walls of a room, made to represent a continuous pedestal, strictly applied only to the flat surface between the plinth and the capping; also a cornice or dado molding, the capping or surbase

small rectangular blocks under a classical cornice

the upper section of a wall or story that is usually supported on columns or pilasters and that in classical orders consists of architrave, frieze, and cornice

a layer of stone or brick applied to the face of an external wall

  a narrow flat architectural member, either a flat molding separating others, or the space between two flutings in a shaft

naturally stratified slabs of stone used for paving

  a rounded groove, specifically, one of the vertical parallel grooves on a classical architectural column

the part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice, or a sculptured or righly ornamented band (as on a building), or a band, line, or series suggesting a frieze

the vertical triangular end of a building from cornice or eaves to ridge

measurements that take into account the entire surface, including depressions and projections

one of two curved projections which are attached to the collar of a draft horse and to which the traces are fastened

the paved or tiled floor of a fireplace on which a fire is made

the upper course of a pillar or abutment, frequently projecting in the form of an ornamental moulding or capital, on which the foot of an arch rests

a horizontal architectural member spanning and usually carrying the load above an opening such as a window or door

  a narrow band in architecture: a fillet

the recessed portion alternating with fluted triglyphs on the frieze

a sculpture or carving in which the figures project half their true proportions from the surface on which they are carved

projecting brackets or blocks placed in series under the corona of the cornice in the Corinthian, Composite and Roman Ionic orders

a decorative recessed or relieved surface, or a decorative plane or curved strip used for ornamentation or finishing

the modillion proper to the cornice in the Doric order; a projection upon the soffit of the Doric corona

a small molding near the top of a column or pilaster

a moulding consisting of a continuous double curve, convex above and concave below; a cyma reversa

  a rounded convex molding

one of the stakes of a palisade; picket

a fence of pales or pickets; wood for making pales; a pale or picket for a fence

roofing tiles transversely curved to an ogee shape, one curve being much larger than the other; when laid on the roof the greater part of their surface forms a concave channel for the descent of water, while one side forms a narrow convex ridge, which overlaps the edge of the adjoining tile

the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassic column

a triangular space forming the gable of a 2-pitched roof in classic architecture; also a similar form used as a decoration

lines of white or other color drawn along a mortar joint on a brick wall

a colonnade surrounding a building or court; also an open space enclosed by a colonnade

a pointed or sharpened stake, post, or pale

a vertical structural support as in the wall between two openings, or a pillar or pilaster, or a vertical member that supports the end of an arch or lintel

an upright architectural member that is rectangular in plan and is structurally a pier but architecturally teated as a column and that usually projects a third of its width or less from the wall

a firm upright support for a superstructure, or an ornamental column or shaft, often standing alone for a monument

a solid measure used for brick or stone containing a lineal perch in length (a pole or rod) and one and one-half feet in breadth and one foot in thickness, but greatly varying according to materials and locations

the abacus of the capital of a column; also the uppermost projecting part of a cornice or of a wall; also the lower square member of the base of a column or pedestal; also the projecting part of a wall immediately above the ground

the body of a pump

a closet or cupboard

a sieve or strainer

a workman who lays stone or brick in a building

a block that can be opened on one side to receive the bight of a rope

the under horizontal face of an architrave or overhanging cornice

one of the vertical members in a frame or panel into which the secondary members are fitted

a boarder or molding immediately above the base or lower paneling of a wainscoted room; also a cornice or series of moldings above the dado of a pedestal, podium, etc.

the tongue or clapper of a bell which strikes it on the inside and causes it to sound

either of two straps, chains, or lines of a harness for attaching a horse to something (as a vehicle) to be drawn

is a short beam framed across an opening to carry the ends of those joists which cannot be extended across the opening of a stair-well or hearth; also, a brick-trimmer

the fluted portion alternating with the recessed metopes on the frieze

the line at which two sloping roofs meet

wooden shutter made of thin vertical slats of wood, for an external shield of windows or doors

a spiral or scroll-shaped form, or a spiral scroll-shaped ornament forming the chief feature of the Ionic capital

a block of wood cut to the size and shape of a brick, inserted in the interior walls of a building as a hold for joinery