rustic quoin
rustic quoin. At the external angle of a building, one of several stone quoins with its face roughened and raised (e.g. by chamfering or simply by having a rock-faced surface surrounded by chamfers) so that it projects beyond the naked of the wall.
More From encyclopedia.com
Rustication , rustication
rustication. In masonry, stone cut in such a way that the joints are sunk in some sort of channel, the faces of the stones projecting bey… Ashlar , ashlar.
1. Class of masonry consisting of blocks of accurately dressed, cut, squared, and finished stone (the Roman opus quadratum), faced and with c… Cornice , cornice
cornice.
1. Uppermost division of a Classical entablature.
2. Crowning projecting moulded horizontal top of a building or some part of a buil… Cleavage , cleavage
1. In minerals, cleavage is evident when crystals split along planes of weakness inherent in the structure of their atomic lattices. Cleavag… Diorite , diorite •Hamite, samite •marmite • Semite • Vegemite •eremite • Hashemite • Fatimite •chromite • Edomite • sodomite •stalagmite • Elamite • dolomite… ledge , ledge / lej/ • n. 1. a narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall, cliff, or other surface: he heaved himself up over a ledge. 2. an underwater…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
rustic quoin