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Bressummer
Architecture; General architecture
Large, horizontal beam supporting the wall above, especially in a jettied building.
Ashlar
Architecture; General architecture
Masonry of large blocks cut with even faces and square edges.
Flushwork
Architecture; General architecture
The decorative combination on the same flat plane of flint and ashlar stone. It is characteristic of mediaeval buildings, most of the survivors churches, in several areas of Southern England, but ...
Geison
Architecture; General architecture
The part of the entablature that projects outward from the top of the frieze in the Doric order and from the top of the frieze course of the Ionic and Corinthian orders; it forms the outer edge of ...
Coping
Architecture; General architecture
A protective cap, top, or cover of a wall parapet, commonly sloping to protect masonry from water.
Chandrashala
Architecture; General architecture
The circular or horseshoe arch that decorates many Indian cave temples and shrines.
