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Baluster
Architecture; General architecture
One of a series of short vertical posts, often ornamental, used to support a rail.
Bahut
Architecture; General architecture
A small parapet or attic wall bearing the weight of the roof of a cathedral or church.
Pilaster
Architecture; General architecture
A slightly-projecting column built into or applied to the face of a wall.
Marriage stone
Architecture; General architecture
A stone lintel, usually carved, with a marriage date.
Gambrel
Architecture; General architecture
A symmetrical two-sided roof with two slopes on each side.
Maqsurah
Architecture; General architecture
In Islamic architecture, the sanctuary or praying-chamber in a mosque, sometimes enclosed with a screen of lattice-work; occasionally, a similar enclosure round a tomb.
Mihrab
Architecture; General architecture
In Islamic architecture, a semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of prayer.
