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Timber framing

Architecture; General architecture

Is the method of creating structures using heavy timbers jointed by pegged Mortise and tenon joints.

Distyle

Architecture; General architecture

It literally means having two columns. An architectural term for a portico having two columns between two anta.

Triangular terminations to buttresses, much in use in the Early English and Decorated periods, after which the buttresses generally terminated in pinnacles. The Early English gablets are generally ...

Boutant

Architecture; General architecture

Type of support. An arc-boutant, or flying buttress, serves to sustain a vault, and is self-sustained by some strong wall or massive work. A pillar boutant is a large chain or jamb of stone, made to ...

Tympanum

Architecture; General architecture

The triangular space enclosed between the horizontal cornice of the entablature and the sloping cornice of the pediment. Though sometimes left plain, it is often decorated.

Garretting

Architecture; General architecture

The process in which the gallets or small splinters of stone are inserted in the joints of coarse masonry to protect the mortar joints. They are stuck in while the mortar is wet.

Galletting

Architecture; General architecture

The process in which the gallets or small splinters of stone are inserted in the joints of coarse masonry to protect the mortar joints. They are stuck in while the mortar is wet.