Architectural and Engineering Glossary
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See ossuary.
A tile that resembles a woman’s bonnet;used to cover the hip on a hip roof.
A hoist which has a spar attached to a mast;used to lift and move a load.
A compressor which discharges into the suction line of another compressor.
The flange and metal casing around a pipe that passes through a roof.
A lintel designed to carry a layer of facing brickwork.
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In a theater,a strip of material which is stretched horizontally over the top of a stage,usually on rigging; used to mask the flies,lights,and other objects of scenery or overhead machinery.
Same as curbstone.
A horizontal strip of lights,hung parallel to the proscenium of a theater;used to provide general stage illumination.
1.The inside diameter of a pipe,valve,or other fitting.2.The circular hole made by boring.
A latch intended for installation in a circular hole in a door.
A lock intended for installation in a circular hole in a door.
Same as cast in place pile.
A well constructed by boring a hole in the ground with an auger and installing a casing.
See boring.
A hole drilled in the ground to obtain soil samples for evaluation and to obtain information about the strata.
In colonial New England houses,a small room (adjacent to the warm kitchen or keeping room) in which babies were born and sometimes kept during infancy.
High-density concrete having a boron containing admixture or aggregate to act as a neutron attenuator.Also see radiation-shielding concrete.
Material taken from one location for use as fill elsewhere.
A bank or pit from which earth is taken for use as fill elsewhere.
1.A frame in an interior partition which is glazed,therebypermitting light from one interior space to fall in another.2.The light which is transmitted through such glazing.
A grove;a thicket or small grouping of trees in a garden,park,or the like.
Same as bosket.
The shaping of soft sheet metal,such as lead,so that it will conform to the surface to which it is applied;also called dressing.
A mallet used for striking a metal surface in bossing.
A tool used in shaping sheet lead for a tank lining.
A suspended seat for one person,supported by a rope,sometimes used instead of a scaffold for minor jobs;its height may be adjusted by a powered winch or block and tackle.
A garden in which a variety of plants are collected and grown for scientific study and display;often includes greenhouses for tropical material.
1.A small cottage or hut,especially in northern England,Scotland,or Ireland.2.A house for accommodating a number of workers for the same company,farmer,or employer.
Same as buttress.
Old English term for bowtell.
A hollow brick which is shaped so that it may be mechanically interconnected with similar units;may be laid with steel reinforcement.
On a sheet-lead roof,an edge which is rounded to form a drip.
A room for the storage of bottled goods such as beer and ale.
The arm mechanism which is attached to the bottom rail of a door,connecting it to the spindle of a floor closer or pivot.
A bolt at the bottom of a door;locks by slipping into a socket in the floor;may be held in the raised position by a catch.
The lower longitudinal member of a truss.
The upward movement of soil in the base of an especially large excavation.
Same as sole plate.
1.The lowest horizontal structural member of the frame of a door or window that interconnects its vertical members.2.The lower rail in a balustrade.
A register,1 located close to the floor,along a wall.
In a series of raking shores which support a wall,the member that is nearest the wall face.
Same as footing stone.
A hole which passes completely through a material.
A naturally rounded rock fragment larger than 10 in.(25 cm) in diameter;used for crude walls and foundations,generally in mortar.
A wall constructed of boulders set in mortar.
A plain-sawn log which has been reassembled in the original log form,but with spacers between adjacent slabs.
1.In ancient Greece,a place of assembly,esp.for a public body.2.In modern Greece,a chamber for the sitting of a legislative body or the building in which such a chamber is situated.
An important thoroughfare,often with a center divider planted with trees and grass,or similarly planted dividers between curbings and sidewalks.
That part of a street’s right-of-way which lies between the street curb and the sidewalk.
