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Beakhead

History; Medieval

Norman enrichment formed of crudely shaped heads having beaks.

Batter

History; Medieval

Sloping, or splayed, part of a wall, particularly of a great tower or an enclosing curtain.

Beadsman

History; Medieval

Petitioner, or a person who seeks a favour of some kind. Normally used of a social inferior, in relation to a superior.

Billet

History; Medieval

Norman moulding formed by cutting a moulding in notches, resembling short wooden billets arranged in rows.

Black canons

History; Medieval

Common name for Augustinian Canons, derived from the colour of their robes.

Brattishing

History; Medieval

Carved openwork in a parapet, a crest or battlement.

Broach spire

History; Medieval

Earliest type of spire, where the tower rises direct into the spire without parapet or pinnacles; the broach' is the sloping triangular piece of masonry connecting the angle of the square tower with ...

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