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Casement window

Architecture; General architecture

Window hung vertically, hinged one side, so that it swings inward or outward.

Fanlight

Architecture; General architecture

A semicircular or semielliptical window above a door, usually inset with radiating glazing bars.

Transom

Architecture; General architecture

Window or element above a door but within its vertical frame.

House

Architecture; General architecture

A building which people, usually one family, live in. All the people living in a house.

Apron

Architecture; General architecture

1. Aised panel below a window or wall monument or tablet. 2. Open portion of a marine terminal immediately adjacent to a vessel berth, used in the direct transfer of cargo between the vessel and ...

Colarin

Architecture; General architecture

The little frieze of the capital of the Tuscan and Doric column placed between the astragal, and the annulets. It was called hypotrachelium by Vitruvius.

Aisle

Architecture; General architecture

A subsidiary space alongside the body of a building, separated from it by columns, piers, or posts.

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