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J Architecture Terms
Fine Arts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| masonry on a wall that supports an arch. | abutment |
| a pedestal or ornament at the angle of a pediment. | acroter acroterion acroterium |
| pertaining to an ACROTERIUM; as, acroterial ornaments. | acroterial |
| an unburnt brick dried in the sun. | adobe |
| like ADOBE. | adobelike |
| an opening such as a door or window framed by columns on either side and pediments above. | aedicule+ |
| a hooked clasp used by masons to hold blocks together. | agrafe agraffe |
| a passageway separating seating areas in a theatre, church, etc.; gangway. | aisle |
| having aisles. | aisled |
| with columns at each end but not at sides. | amphiprostyle |
| a small ring around a classical column. | annulet |
| 1. (Lat.) a square pilaster at either side of a doorway. Pl. ANTAE. 2. an Indonesian animal. Pl. ANTAS. | anta |
| an ornament at the end of a classical building, hiding the ends of roof tiles. Pl. ANTEFIXA, ANTEFIXAE. | antefix |
| an ornament at the end of a classical building, hiding the ends of roof tiles. Pl. ANTEFIXAE. | antefixa |
| relating to an ANTEFIX, an ornament at the end of a classical building. | antefixal |
| a flat cluster of leaves or flowers as an ornament in classical art; in architecture, a honeysuckle ornament. Pl. ANTHEMIA. | anthemion |
| the curve where a column merges in its base or capital. [Gk. apophyge, escape]. | apophyge |
| wingless; (Arch.) without columns along the sides. | apteral |
| a set of arches and their supporting columns; a covered and sometimes arched passageway, usually with shops on one or both sides; (verb) to furnish with an arcade. | arcade |
| arcades collectively. | arcading |
| a small or blind arcade. | arcature |
| (noun) an arched structure. | arching |
| (verb) to construct. | architect |
| of or pertaining to architecture or architects. | architectonic |
| parts surrounding a door or window, especially the top. | architrave |
| a curved moulding on the face of an arch. | archivolt |
| a small arch. | archlet |
| a passageway or entrance under an arch or arches. | archway |
| the fusion of architecture with ecology. | arcology |
| a sunken area leading to a basement entrance. | areaway |
| having columns four diameters or more apart; (noun) a building or colonnade so built. | areostyle araeostyle |
| alternately ARAEOSTYLE and SYSTYLE. | areosystile araeosystyle |
| a sharp edge on stone; a meeting of two surfaces. | arris |
| a squared or dressed stone used in building or facing a wall; (verb) to face with ashlar. | ashlar ashler |
| without a central column or stele. | astelic |
| the absence of a central cylinder or stele. | astely |
| lacking columns. | astylar |
| 1. a book of maps. Pl. ATLASES. 2. a figure of a man serving as a column in a building. Pl. ATLANTES. | atlas |
| the outer wall or courtyard of a castle. | bailey |
| a miniature balcony. | balconet |
| having a balcony. | balconied |
| a platform projecting from the wall of a building with a balustrade or railing along its outer edge, often with access from a door or window. | balcony |
| a moulding around a panel. | balection |
| the outer wall and first line of defence of a castle. [LL. form of BAILEY]. | ballium |
| a small pillar supporting a stair-rail. | baluster |
| having balusters. | balustered |
| a row of columns supporting a stair rail. | balustrade |
| a small flat moulding around a column. | bandelet |
| any of the upright pillars supporting the handrail of a staircase; the whole structure of rail and uprights. | banister bannister |
| an outer defensive work; esp a tower at a gate or bridge. | barbican |
| a board projecting from a roof gable. | bargeboard |
| a battlement or turret on the outer wall of a castle. | barmkin |
| a small overhanging turret projecting from an angle on the top of a tower. | bartisan bartizan |
| having a BARTIZAN. | bartizaned |
| a board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; aka MOPBOARD, skirting board. | baseboard |
| a tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place. | bastile bastille |
| a tower at the corner of a fortification. [OF bastir, to build]. | bastion |
| having bastions. | bastioned |
| (noun) decoration in the form of or resembling beads, esp. lacelike looped edging. | beading |
| an ornamental structure to hold one or two large bells. | bellcote |
| a structure (such as a cupola or a summerhouse) designed to command a view. [Ital. bel, beautiful + vedere, view]. | belvedere |
| a narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch. | berm berme |
| the French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion. | beton |
| see BOLECTION. | bilection+ |
| hollow blocks of precast concrete used for building. | blockwork |
| a decorative moulding above or around a panel etc. | bolection bilection+ |
| a stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone. | bondstone |
| having a convex front. | bowfront |
| (noun) a brace or reinforcement. | bracing |
| a stand of wood for a cask or hayrick; a rail round a well. | brandreth |
| a beam supporting the front of a building. | breastsummer bressummer |
| a roofed often open passage connecting two buildings or two halves of a building. | breezeway |
| a rectangular block of clay mixed with sand and fired in a kiln or baked by the sun, used in building construction. | brick |
| brickwork. | bricking |
| a structure, such as a wall, built of bricks; construction using bricks. | brickwork |
| of or like a brick: BRICKIER, BRICKIEST. | bricky |
| a board on both sides of a staircase that is cut to support the treads and risers. | bridgeboard |
| a brick-shaped block made of compressed coal-dust; (verb) to form into briquettes. | briquet briquette |
| a buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier. | butment |
| an external structure built to support a wall or a building; something or someone that supports; (verb) to support. | buttress |
| (noun) a lead rod for framing a pane in a leaded or stained glass window. | came |
| chambered, vaulted. | cameral |
| chambered, vaulted. N.B. there is no verb CAMERATE*. | camerated |
| a vaulting or arching over. | cameration |
| a vertically-hinged frame with glass forming (part of) a window. | casement |
| one of the slender stems springing from the CAULES or main stalks supporting the volutes in the Corinthian capital. Pl. CAULICULI. | cauliculus |
| a concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture. Pl. CAVETTOS or CAVETTI. | cavetto |
| to provide with a ceiling. | ceil ciel |
| the inner upper surface of a room. | ceiling cieling |
| having a ceiling. | ceilinged |
| decoration around a door frame or fireplace. | chambranle |
| the capital of a column. [Fr. chapitre]. | chapiter |
| the capital of a pillar which supports an arch. | chaptrel |
| a chimney. | chimbley chimbly chimla chimley chumley |
| a sill. | cill |
| a narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other, used for weatherboarding the outside of houses; (verb) to cover with clapboard. | clapboard |
| upper storey of a church; windows near the roof of a building. | clearstory clerestory |
| completely roofed over. | cleithral clithral |
| a very hard paving brick. | clinker klinker |
| a wedge; a cornerstone; (verb) to secure or raise by wedging. | coign coigne quoin |
| a row of evenly spaced column or trees. | colonnade |
| pertaining to columns; like a column; formed or arranged in columns. | columnal columnar |
| having columns; as, columnated temples. | columnated |
| having columns. | columned |
| a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the IMPLUVIUM or cistern. Pl. COMPLUVIUMS or COMPLUVIA. | compluvium |
| a mortar of cement; a mixture of whiting, resin and glue for ornamenting walls and cornices. Pl. COMPOS. | compo |
| the plain semidome of an APSE; sometimes used for the entire apse. Pl. CONCHAE. | concha |
| joining together of timber. | contignation |
| said of an attic room with the inside ceiling sloping from the wall. | coomceiled |
| a stone for coping. | copestone |
| (noun) the covering course of the masonry of a wall. | coping |
| a CORBEL, a projection of stone or wood from the face of a wall, used for supporting pillars or other weights. | corbe |
| a projection of stone or wood from the face of a wall, used for supporting pillars or other weights. | corbel |
| having CORBELS. | corbeled corbelled |
| corbels taken collectively. | corbeling corbelling |
| a moulding at the junction of ceiling and walls; (verb) to provide with a cornice. | cornice |
| having a CORNICE. | corniced |
| an enclosed, usu. roofless courtyard. Pl. CORTILI. | cortile |
| a piece of timber having a groove in which something glides. | coulisse |
| formed with an arch. | coved |
| the projection of upper storeys over lower; a quadrant moulding covering the join between wall and ceiling. | coving |
| a crenellation; (verb) to crenellate: CRENELED/CRENELLED. | crenel |
| to provide with battlements. | crenelate crenellate |
| a crenellation. | crenelle |
| minutely crenate. | crenulate |
| an ornamental ridging to a wall or roof. | cresting |
| a timber framework for e.g. a pier or mine. | cribwork |
| a curling leaf along the outer angles of pinnacles and gables. | crocket |
| having CROCKETS, curling leaves along the outer angles of pinnacles and gables. | crocketed |
| a beam joining other beams. | crossbeam |
| a small projecting part of an impost-stone at the extremity of an arch. | crossette |
| a supporting tie placed transversely. | crosstie |
| tied with a CROSSTIE, supporting tie placed transversely. | crosstied+ |
| a step-like figure on a gable. | crowstep |
| one of a pair of curved timbers supporting a roof. | cruck |
| a cellar, vault, or underground chamber, esp. beneath a church, where it is often used as a chapel, burial place, etc. | crypt |
| a spherical vault or concave ceiling; (verb) to furnish with a cupola. | cupola |
| of or like a CUPOLA. | cupolar |
| furnished with a CUPOLA. N.B. there is no verb CUPOLATE. | cupolated |
| relating to a prehistoric Greek style of masonry with immense stones of irregular form. | cyclopean cyclopian |
| an ogee moulding of the cornice. Pl. CYMAE or CYMAS. | cyma |
| the topmost molding of a cornice. Pl. CYMATIA. | cymatium |
| a skirting-board. Pl. DADOS or DADOES. (Verb) to fit with a dado: DADOED, DADOING. | dado |
| a slab or tile, often decorative. | dalle |
| a strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm. | deadlight |
| a portico with ten columns in front. | decastyle |
| a half-moon-shaped object, body, or structure. Also SEMILUNE. | demilune |
| a DENTICLE, a small square block in a moulding. | dentel dentil |
| with DENTILS or rectangular blocks. | dentiled |
| a structure of interlocking diagonal beams used for support. | diagrid |
| with columns about three diameters apart. | diastyle |
| a projecting face like the TRIGLYPH, but having only two channels or grooves sunk in it. | diglyph |
| a building with a double peristyle or colonnade. Pl. DIPTEROI or DIPTEROSES. | dipteros |
| a portico with two columns. | distyle |
| a space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns. | ditriglyph |
| an adobe, a sun-dried brick. | dobie doby |
| of or relating to a house or dome. | domal |
| like a dome. | domic domical |
| in a domical manner. | domically+ |
| dome-like; having domes: DOMIER, DOMIEST. | domy |
| a strong central tower in ancient castles. | donjon |
| a hinged or sliding panel for closing the entrance to a room, cupboard, etc. | door |
| the frame of a door. Also DOORFRAME. | doorcase+ |
| the frame of a door. | doorframe+ |
| one of the two vertical members forming the sides of a doorframe. | doorjamb doorpost |
| the sill or threshold of a door. | doorsill |
| the stone forming a threshold. | doorstone |
| an opening into a building, room, etc., esp. one that has a door. | doorway |
| (noun) a crossbeam, a joist. | dormant |
| a gabled window. | dormer |
| having DORMER windows. | dormered+ |
| a block resting on the capital of a column. | dosseret |
| an ogee moulding of the cornice. | doucine |
| a drainpipe which takes rainwater from the gutter of a roof. | downpipe |
| a hole in the wall of a tower, steeple etc. admitting light. | dreamhole |
| an apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant. | droplight |
| constructed of stone without mortar. | drystone |
| a wall constructed of stones without mortar. | drywall |
| something used to hide structural defects. | dutchman |
| a piece of timber used to reinforce joists, a strut. [Du. dwang, force, constraint]. | dwang |
| the lower edge of a roof. | eave |
| having EAVES. | eaved |
| a carved molding just below the abacus of a Doric capital; a sea-urchin. [L. from Gk. ekhinos, hedgehog]. Pl. ECHINUSES or ECHINI. | echinus |
| a loophole in fortifications; a window-opening with slanted sides. | embrasure embrazure |
| ashlar masonry filled up with rubble. | emplecton emplectum |
| an ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. Pl. ENCARPUSES. | encarpus |
| of a beam, fixed at the ends. | encastre+ |
| that part of a design in classical architecture which surmounts the columns and rests upon the capitals. | entablature |
| a swelling on vertical columns to counteract an optical illusion of concavity. Pl. ENTASES. | entasis |
| a low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; a MEZZANINE. | entresol |
| the shoulder of a bastion. | epaule |
| a side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire of an enemy. | epaulement |
| a rear vestibule. Pl. EPINAOI. | epinaos |
| an architrave. | epistyle |
| a staircase. | escalier |
| the fastening of a French window. | espagnolette |
| a floor storey. | etage |
| with columns spaced at about two diameters and a quarter. | eustyle |
| the exterior curve of an arch; esp. the upper curved face of the whole body of VOUSSOIRS. Pl. EXTRADOSES. Cf. INTRADOS. | extrados |
| a temporary framework used to support a building during construction. | falsework |
| a half-circle window with crossbars arranged like ribs of fan. | fanlight |
| the apex of a building; a gable-end; a pediment. Pl. FASTIGIUMS. | fastigium |
| an outlet for smoke in a roof. [OF fumeraille, from L. fumus, smoke]. | femerall |
| of or pertaining to windows. | fenestral |
| synthetic fibres used as a filling material. | fiberfill fibrefill |
| a wallboard of compressed asbestos and cement. Th pl. of FIBRO is FIBROS. | fibro fibrocement |
| stone for building, taken from a field. | fieldstone |
| a groove on a window frame. | filister |
| a decoration on the top of a gable or spire; on furniture, a decorative turned knob. | finial |
| having a FINIAL, a decoration on the top of a gable or spire. | finialed |
| a metal plate formerly placed by insurance companies to mark an insured building. | firemark |
| an open recess in a wall of a room, at the base of a chimney, etc., for a fire; a hearth. | fireplace |
| strips of wood to provide a level surface or air space. | firring furring |
| a large paving stone. | flagstone |
| a sloping piece of cement, e.g. round the base of a chimney-pot. | flaunching |
| a slender spire, usu. of wood and rising from a roof. | fleche |
| a type of brick made near Fletton in Cambridgeshire, of a mottled yellow and pink colour. | fletton |
| a fluosilicate applied as a solution to building stone to make it harder and more durable. | fluate |
| a shaft, tube, or pipe, esp. as used in a chimney, to carry off smoke, gas, etc. | flue |
| having a FLUE. | flued |
| a pedestal or plinth. | footstall+ |
| an outside stair at the front of a house. | forestair |
| shuttering to contain concrete. | formwork |
| a fortress; a small outwork of a fortification. | fortalice |
| a type of building stone that can be cut and sawn with little risk of fracturing. | freestone |
| a decorated strip between ARCHITRAVE and CORNICE; a rough heavy woollen cloth; (verb) to put a frieze on. | frieze frise |
| a pediment. | fronton frontoon |
| see FIRRING. | furring |
| an astragal moulding, a semicircular moulding round a column, etc. | fusarol fusarole |
| to form a triangular section of a wall. | gable |
| like a GABLE. | gablelike+ |
| a small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc. | gablet |
| an ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding; (verb) to ornament with gadroons. | gadroon godroon |
| having a gallery. | galleried |
| a long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; (verb) to provide with a gallery. | gallery |
| a small pebble; (verb) to fill in mortar joints with small pebbles. [Fr. galet, pebble]. | gallet |
| a frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere. | gantry gauntree gauntry |
| fitted with gargoyles. | gargoyled |
| a heavy clay used for bricks. | gault |
| a summer-house. Pl. GAZEBOES or GAZEBOS. | gazebo |
| a large beam, esp. one made of steel, used in the construction of bridges, buildings, etc. | girder |
| a sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. | glyph |
| see GADROON. | godroon |
| in some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings. Aka NECKING. | gorgerin |
| to make Gothic. | gothicise gothicize |
| a step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. The pl. of GRADINO is GRADINI. | gradin gradine gradino |
| a flight of steps. | grece grecian greece grees greese greesiNG GRESE GRESSING GRICE GRIECE GRIS GRIZE |
| a fret pattern in architecture. | grecque |
| having steps. | grieced |
| a claw-shaped decoration at the base of a column. | griff griffe |
| a framework of timber. | grillage |
| a groin or an arrangement of groins; groined work. | groining |
| the plot of ground on which a building stands. | groundplot |
| the lowest timber of a structure. | groundsel groundsell groundsill |
| a projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions. | guerite |
| a ticket window or similar small opening. | guichet |
| a finely graded cement concrete sprayed into position under air pressure. | gunite |
| a small, drop-like ornament on a Doric entablature. Pl. GUTTAE or GUTTAS. | gutta |
| a sunken fence. | haha |
| a dais; a small landing on staircase. [OF. haut pas]. | halfpace |
| the principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone. | headstone |
| the lower part of a door, an inner door, a grating. | heck |
| a temple to a hero; a temple-shaped tomb. Pl. HEROONS. | heroon |
| having six columns in front. | hexastyle |
| sifted gravel as used in building. | hoggin hogging |
| a moulding over a door or window. | hoodmold+ |
| the top or roof of a house. | housetop |
| = HYPAETHRAL, roofless; open to the sky. | hupaithric upaithric |
| roofless; open to the sky (usu. intentionally, so as to see the stars. | hypaethral hypethral+ |
| an open court. | hypaethron |
| an ancient air chamber or series of chambers for heating rooms. | hypocaust |
| the underground part of building. Pl. HYPOGAEA, HYPOGEA. | hypogaeum hypogeum |
| the curve where a column merges in its base or capital. Also APOPHYGE. | hypophyge+ |
| having a roof supported by columns. | hypostyle |
| in Roman buildings, one of a series of usu. curved tiles fitting over flat tiles. Pl. IMBRICES. | imbrex |
| to pave. | impave |
| in Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to receive the water from the roof. Pl. IMPLUVIA. | impluvium |
| a fire in a room; a fireplace. | ingle |
| an alcove by a large open fire. | ingleneuk inglenook |
| a short timber binding together upright posts. | intertie |
| the undersurface of an arch or vault. Pl. INTRADOSES. | intrados |
| masonry of uniform blocks in course of equal heights, the vertical joints placed in the middle of the blocks below. Pl. ISODOMONS, ISODOMA. | isodomon isodomum |
| in the form of an ISODOMON, masonry of uniform blocks in course of equal heights. | isodomous |
| a truncated gable with a lipped roof. | jerkinhead |
| a beam supporting boards of a floor or laths of a ceiling; (verb) to fit with joists. | joist |
| a Judas hole, a peep-hole in a door. | judas |
| a pier, a projecting part of a wall; (verb) to stick out. | jutty |
| the space in front of the fireplace of a kiln. | killogie logie |
| a perpendicular beam in frame of roof. | kingpost |
| see CLINKER. | klinker |
| an architectural ornament in the form of a bud. [Ger. Knospe, bud]. | knosp |
| a type of window. | lancet |
| having lancet windows. | lanceted |
| a ceiling consisting of panelled recessed compartments, with bands between the panels. N.B. this is already plural: no -S hook! | laquearia |
| a corona or other course serving as a drip-stone. | larmier |
| lathing. | lathwork |
| a stick making up part of a ceiling. | latilla+ |
| an open framework of metal or wooden strips; (verb) to provide (as) with a lattice or lattice-work. | lattice |
| to plaster with cow-dung. | leep |
| in Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another. | lierne |
| a horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a lower millstone. | ligger |
| a horizontal beam supporting the load above a door. | lintel lintol |
| having a LINTEL. | lintelled |
| a narrow border or molding. | listel |
| without a loft. | loftless |
| resembling a loft. | loftlike |
| a covered open arcade. Pl. LOGGIE or LOGGIAS. | loggia |
| see KILLOGIE. | logie |
| to cut loopholes in the walls of, provide with loopholes. | loophole |
| a sloping slat placed across an opening. | louver louvre |
| having LOUVERS. | louvered |
| having LOUVRES. | louvred |
| louvred. | lovered |
| a window-pane. | lozen |
| a dormer window. | lucarne |
| a chimney. | lum |
| a crescent-shaped space where a vault meets a wall. | lunette |
| a dormer window. | luthern |
| a low side window. | lychnoscope |
| an opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal for shooting or dropping missiles upon assailants attacking the base of the walls. | machicolation |
| a door giving independent access to a house, rather than opening on a common passage. | maindoor |
| a hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one. [From Francois Mansart, a French architect]. | mansard |
| having a MANSARD, a hipped curb roof. | mansarded |
| the finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports. | mantel |
| the lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses. | manteltree |
| constructed of MASONRY. | masonried |
| the craft of a mason; work that is built by a mason; stonework or brickwork. | masonry |
| a narrow wall in a battlement between embrasures. | merlon |
| a square space between triglyphs in a Doric frieze. Pl. METOPES or METOPAE. | metope |
| an ENTRESOL; also, a small low window in an attic. | mezzanine |
| an ornamental bracket under a Corinthian or other column. [Ital. modiglione, from L. modulus, from modus, a measure]. | modillion |
| rubble in mason-work. | moellon |
| a small flat bastion to protect a fortress under construction. | moineau |
| a mullion. | monial |
| of a roof, forming a single uniform slope. | monopitch |
| round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; -- said esp. of a temple. | monopteral |
| a building with single ring of columns supporting a roof. Pl. MONOPTERA. | monopteros |
| consisting of a single shaft. | monostylar monostyle |
| a narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; aka skirting board. | mopboard |
| (verb) to join or plaster with mortar. | mortar |
| containing or resembling mortar. | mortary |
| an artificial mound upon which a castle is built. | motte |
| in N. Africa, an external balcony enclosed with latticework. | moucharaby |
| the lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the soil. | mudsill |
| an upright division between window panes; (verb) to divide a window with mullions. | mullion munnion |
| having many panes. | multipaned |
| of a building, having many stories. | multistory |
| see MULLION. | munnion |
| the vertical framing piece between door panels. | muntin munting |
| relating to a MUTULE, a kind of square, flat bracket, in Doric architecture. | mutular |
| a kind of square, flat bracket, in Doric architecture, above each triglyph and each metope, with guttae. [L. mutulus]. Cf. MODILLION. | mutule |
| wavy moulding. | nebule |
| a molding between a column and entablature. | necking |
| a style of architecture popular in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. | neogothic+ |
| an upright column in middle of circular staircase; a post at the end of stairs. | newel |
| having a NEWEL, an upright column in middle of circular staircase. | newelled |
| masonry or brickwork between wooden frame. | nogging |
| the projecting round edge of a stair, sill etc. | nosing |
| having eight columns in the front. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek temples are HEXASTYLE. | octastyle octostyle |
| any eye-like feature, especially a large circular window at the west end of a church. Pl. OCULI. | oculus |
| an arch of two curves meeting at a point. | ogee |
| of or like an OGIVE. | ogival |
| a diagonal rib of a Gothic arch; a pointed arch. | ogive |
| a portico or apartment at the back of an ancient Greek or Roman temple, a posticum. Pl. OPISTHODOMOI. | opisthodomos |
| a projecting bay window supported with corbel or bracket. | oriel |
| having an ORIEL, a projecting bay window supported with corbel or bracket. | orielled |
| a projection in a building or a recess made in the wall of a room. | outshot |
| to project. | oversail |
| a moulding with the rounded part comprised of a quarter circle. Pl. OVOLI or OVOLOS. | ovolo |
| to insert panes into. | pane |
| a building, as a prison, hospital, library, or the like, so arranged that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point. | panopticon |
| an overlapping, S-shaped roofing tile. | pantile |
| roofed with PANTILES. | pantiled |
| PANTILES collectively. | pantiling |
| a bank built to provide protection from the enemy's observation and fire; esp. one on top of a wall or rampart, or in front of a trench. | parapet |
| having a parapet. | parapeted |
| to plaster. PARGET gives PARGETED or PARGETTED; PARGETING or PARGETTING. | parge parget |
| a stone passing through a wall from face to face. | parpane parpen parpend parpent parpoint PERPENT |
| a floor-covering of fitted wooden blocks; (verb) to cover a floor with parquet. | parquet |
| covered with PARQUET, a floor-covering of fitted wooden blocks. | parqueted |
| the art of making PARQUET, a floor-covering of fitted wooden blocks. | parquetry |
| a triangular structure crowning front of a Greek building. | pediment |
| the portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola. | pendentive |
| a penthouse; a sloping or overhanging roof. | pent |
| having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico in classical architecture. | pentastyle |
| a penthouse; (verb) to provide or cover with a penthouse. | pentice pentise |
| a roof that slopes one way only. | pentroof |
| an arbor formed of columns supporting trelliswork on which climbing plants are often trained. | pergola |
| a precinct; an enclosing wall of a precinct. Pl. PERIBOLOI, PERIBOLI. | peribolos peribolus |
| a gallery or balcony that ran round all four sides of a classical building. | peridrome |
| a structure with a row of columns around all sides. | peripter |
| a PERIPTERAL building; the turbulent air around a flying object. | periptery |
| relating to a PERISTYLE, a range of columns around a building or courtyard. | peristylar |
| a range of columns around a building or courtyard. | peristyle |
| see PARPANE. | perpent |
| a raised platform or terrace at an entrance door. | perron |
| a square column partially embedded in a wall. | pilaster |
| work or foundation made of piles. | pilework |
| to provide with a pillar for support or ornamentation. | pillar |
| a series of columns or piles, used to raise the base of a building above ground level. Pl. PILOTIS. | pilotis |
| a slender spire; (verb) to equip with a pinnacle. | pinnacle |
| a pinnacle. | pinnet |
| a species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises. The e has an accent. | pise |
| a decorated ceiling. | plafond |
| a plank, a board; (verb) to floor, board. | planch planche |
| a mixture of lime, sand, and water, sometimes stiffened with hair or other fibres, that is applied to the surface of a wall or ceiling as a soft paste that hardens when dry; (verb) to cover with plaster. | plaster |
| a thin rigid board, in the form of a layer of plaster compressed between two layers of fibreboard, used to form or cover walls. | plasterboard |
| designating a kind of glass used for windows. | plateglass |
| the rectangular base of a column or pedestal. | plinth |
| relating to a PODIUM, a low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall. | podial |
| a low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall. Pl. PODIA or PODIUMS. | podium |
| having many columns. | polystyle |
| a low structure projecting from the doorway of a house and forming a covered entrance. | porch |
| an entrance, gateway, or doorway, esp. one that is large and impressive. | portal |
| equipped with portals. | portaled |
| a formal entrance to a classical temple, church, or other building, consisting of columns at regular intervals supporting a roof often in the form of a pediment. Pl. PORTICOS or PORTICOES. | portico |
| having a PORTICO. | porticoed |
| a back door; a door or gate distinct from the main entrance; a side way or entrance. | postern |
| any court or vestibule before a building or leading into any inclosure. Pl. PROPYLAEA. | propylaeum |
| the porch, vestibule, or entrance of an edifice. Pl. PROPYLA. | propylon |
| in Greek architecture, a front portico without ANTAE, a building with such a portico and no other. | prostyle |
| a public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers. Pl. PRYTANEA. | prytaneum |
| a supporting timber stretching across rafters. | purlin purline |
| a cross-piece in a scaffolding. | putlock putlog |
| a wall or ceiling painted with arches and columns in strong perspective. Pl. QUADRATURE (which is also a singular in its own right, meaning the act of squaring). | quadratura |
| a small triangular ventilation window in a car. | quarterlight |
| see COIGN. | quoin |
| to build or provide with rafters. | rafter |
| a rough hard stone. | rag ragg ragstone |
| a groove in masonry; (verb) to make a raggle in. | raggle |
| a kind of rubblework, esp. of thin and small stones. | ragwork |
| a gutter, a downspout. | rainspout |
| a projecting out-work in fortification, having two embankments forming salient angle. | ravelin |
| a reinforcing bar used in concrete. | rebar |
| parallel grooves cut into the edge of a coin at right angles to the faces. | reeding |
| a flat, narrow moulding. | reglet |
| in architecture, a fillet below a TRIPTYCH. Pl. REGULAE. | regula |
| to pave again. | repave |
| to face with masonry etc. Pp. REVETTING, pt. REVETTED. | revet |
| a masonry etc. facing of an embankment or trench. | revetment |
| a roof-gutter. | rhone roan rone ronepipe+ |
| a rib vaulting. | ribwork |
| a flooring or framework on which a rick is made. | rickstand |
| the timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured. | ridgepole ridgetree+ |
| a groove in wood or stone; a slot. | rigol |
| a protective foundation, embankment, etc. made of loose chunks of stones placed together; (verb) to construct a breakwater or other work with a foundation of loose stone. | riprap |
| see RHONE. | roan |
| stonework in which the surface is left broken and rough. | rockwork |
| a style of architecture marked by much ornamentation esp. scrollwork. | rococo |
| a small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion. | rondel rondelle |
| see RHONE. | rone |
| see RONE. | ronepipe+ |
| like a roof. | rooflike |
| the outline of a roof. | roofline |
| a view of roofs. | roofscape |
| the top of a roof. | rooftop |
| the beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself. | rooftree |
| having roofs: ROOFIER, ROOFIEST. | roofy |
| a rosette; a rose-window. | rosace |
| a rounded, domed building or hall. | rotunda |
| having semicircular arches. | roundarch |
| the space between the bed and the wall. [Fr. ruelle, little street]. | ruelle |
| a dressed stone at the side of a door, window etc. | rybat |
| an unroofed space consecrated to a divinity. Pl. SACELLA. | sacellum |
| a keystone; a versed sign of an arc. Pl. SAGITTAS. | sagitta |
| of a brick or tile: imperfectly burnt. | samel |
| thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes. | sarking |
| to work stone smoothly, without smoothing to a finish. | scabble scapple |
| stone-like plasterwork for interior decoration, made of powdered marble made into a past, applied to a gesso ground and polished. | scagliola |
| small stones used for drainage in excavation and as hardcore. N.B. there is no singular SCALPIN. | scalpins |
| see SCABBLE. | scapple |
| the inner part of a door jamb or window frame. | scoinson sconcheon scontion scuncheon |
| a concave molding used especially in classical architecture. Pl. SCOTIAS. | scotia |
| (noun) the material of a screed, as used to finish a floor. | screeding |
| a ceiling. In OSPD SEELING is valid, but only as a participle of SEEL, hence SEELINGS is | . |
| half a dome, especially as formed by a vertical section. | semidome |
| having a half dome. | semidomed |
| a half-moon-shaped object, body, or structure. Also DEMILUNE. | semilune |
| a compartment of a vaulted ceiling. | severy |
| a window, design etc. with six lobes or leaves. | sexfoil |
| in design, architecture etc., the use of irregularity for deliberate, artful, contrastive effect. | sharawadgi sharawaggi |
| the jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window. | sidepiece |
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| either of two inset abutments sloped to support a segmental arch. | skewback |
| a covered elevated bridge connecting two buildings. | skybridge+ |
| a window placed in a roof or ceiling to admit daylight. Aka FANLIGHT. | skylight |
| an elevated walkway between two buildings. | skywalk |
| a form that can be moved slowly as work progresses; (verb) to work using a slipform. | slipform |
| a small piece of lead used to form a watertight joint with a chimney where it projects from a roof. | soaker |
| a plain face or plinth at the foot of a wall, column etc. | socle |
| the ornamented underside of a stair or archway. | soffit |
| a large moulding along the base of a pedestal. Pl. SOLIDUMS. | solidum |
| a joist or beam of secondary importance. | solive |
| the triangular space between the curve of arch and the right angle enclosing it. | spandrel spandril |
| a tall slender architectural structure tapering to a point. | spire+ |
| a slender spire, aka FLECHE. | spirelet+ |
| a flight of stairs, its supporting framework, and, usually, a handrail or banisters. | staircase |
| having a STAIRCASE. | staircased |
| a staircase or staircases collectively. | staircasing |
| having, or arranged like, stairs. | staired |
| the level place at the foot of the stairs. | stairfoot |
| the level place at the top of the stairs. | stairhead |
| a means of access consisting of stairs; staircase or flight of steps. | stairway |
| a vertical shaft or opening that contains a staircase. | stairwell |
| an upright beam, bar or support; (verb) to support by a STANCHEL: STANCHELLED. | stanchel |
| an upright beam, bar or support; (verb) to support by a stanchion. | stanchion |
| stair. | stayre |
| a platform along the front, and sometimes the side, of a house. | stoep |
| any work in stone. | stonework |
| a floor or level of a building. | storey |
| having STOREYS. | storeyed |
| decorated with elaborate ornamental designs. N.B. there is no verb STORIATE. | storiated |
| a brick placed lengthwise in masonry. | stretcher |
| the flute of a column. Pl. STRIGAE. | striga |
| a horizontal band or molding set in the front of a building. | stringcourse |
| a kind of plaster for exteriors of buildings, especially highly ornamented. Pl. STUCCOES. (Verb) to coat with stucco: STUCCOS. | stucco |
| the woodwork of a lath and plaster wall or partition; a piece of wood for this. | studding |
| brickwork walls between studs; studded leather. | studwork |
| a continuous pedestal supporting a row of columns. | stylobate |
| somewhat arched; with two or more arches under a main arch. | subarcuate |
| the lowest part of a base. | subbase |
| an under-ceiling. | subceiling |
| a rough floor underlying a finished floor. | subfloor |
| a blind to keep out the sun. | sunblind |
| a screened porch with sunny exposure. | sunporch |
| a cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. | surbase |
| having a SURBASE, a cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. | surbased |
| to set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry. | surbed |
| having an intercolumniation of two diameters; (noun) such an arrangement. | systyle |
| of timber, treated with Tanalith, a proprietary preservative. | tanalised tanalized |
| paper coated with tar, for covering roofs etc. | tarpaper |
| to daub, plaster. | teer |
| a tile. Pl. TEGULAE. | tegula |
| a draped male figure used like a caryatid as a supporting column or pilaster, aka ATLAS. Pl. TELAMONES. | telamon |
| a horizontal flat area of ground, often one of a series in a slope; a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls, or the street onto which they face; (verb) to equip with a terrace. | terrace |
| a flooring of marble chips set in mortar and then polished. Pl. TERRAZZOS. | terrazzo |
| a building with four columns. | tetrastyle |
| to thatch. | thack theek |
| the substructure of a dome or cupola. | tholobate |
| a round building, dome, cupola. Pl. THOLOI, THOLI. | tholos tholus |
| a subordinate rib springing from the intersection of two other ribs. | tierceron |
| the shaft of a column. [Fr. tige, stalk]. | tige |
| work made of timbers. | timberwork |
| the space between an arch and the lintel of a portal. Pl. TIMPANA or TIMPANUMS; TYMPANA or TYMPANUMS. | timpanum tympanum |
| a stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top. | topstone |
| having the form of a TORUS, a rounded swelling. | toric |
| a plate in a brick wall to support the end of a beam. | torsel |
| a rounded swelling; the lowest moulding of a column. Pl. TORI. | torus |
| built of horizontal beams rather than arches. | trabeate |
| constructed of horizontal beams, as Greek architecture. | trabeated |
| a construct of horizontal beams. | trabeation |
| a rod-like structure running across a cavity and giving it internal support. Pl. TRABECULAE or TRABECULAS. | trabecula |
| with TRACERY. | traceried |
| a pattern of interlacing ribs, esp. as used in the upper part of a Gothic window, etc. | tracery |
| a structure dividing a window horizontally. | transom |
| having a TRANSOM, a structure dividing a window horizontally. | transomed+ |
| a crossbeam or space between crossbeams. | trave |
| a trellis. | treille |
| a structure of cross-barred or lattice-work; (verb) to fit with a trellis. | trellis |
| having three apses.. | triapsal triapsidal |
| a couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts. Pl. TRICLINIA. | triclinium |
| relating to a TRIFORIUM. | triforial+ |
| a gallery or arcade over an aisle; a gallery over nave and choir. Pl. TRIFORIA. | triforium |
| an architectural ornament of a tablet bearing two V-shaped channels. | triglyph |
| a piece of wall or pillar between two openings. Pl. TRUMEAUX. | trumeau |
| a small tower that projects from the wall of a building, esp. a medieval castle. | turret |
| having turrets. | turreted |
| like a turret. | turrical |
| to remove the roof from. | unroof |
| see HUPAITHRIC. | upaithric |
| vaulted work; also, a vaulted place; an arched cellar. | vaultage |
| a window. | ventana |
| a roofed gallery, terrace, or open portico along the front or side of a building. | veranda verandah viranda virando |
| having a VERANDA. | verandaed |
| having a VERANDAH. | verandahed |
| a ceiling beam. | viga |
| an opening in a large building by which a crowd is let out. The pl. of VOMITORIUM is VOMITORIA. | vomitorium vomitory |
| one of the wedge-shaped pieces forming an arch or vault; (verb) to construct with a voussoir. | voussoir |
| to line with boards or panels; (noun) fine oak panelling. | wainscot |
| (noun) oak panelling. | wainscoting wainscotting |
| (something) reached by means of stairs. | walkup |
| building board, board for lining walls. | wallboard |
| a hole in a wall to allow water to escape from behind. | weephole |
| the open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase. | wellhole |
| a window. | windock winnock |
| a window. | windore |
| (verb) to provide with windows. | window |
| the glass in a window. | windowpane |
| like a WINDOW. | windowy+ |
| a passage for air. | windway |
| a type of flooring. | woodblock |
| a long covered portico or court used by ancient Greek athletes for exercises. Pl. XYSTS, XYSTOI, XYSTI. | xyst xystos xystus |
| a gate, door. | yate yett |
| a plain face or plinth at the foot of a wall, column etc. Pl. ZOCCOS, ZOCCOLOS. Cf. SOCLE. | zocco zoccolo |
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