Architectural and Engineering Glossary
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Same as master mason.
In medieval construction,a mark cut in a dressed stone to identify the stonecutter.
A weather vane having the shape of a banner;balanced by a weight on the other side of the banner.
See banderol.
A room used for dining,social gatherings,or meetings accommodating large numbers of people.
1.A long,upholstered seat built in against a wall.2.A raised,narrow walk along a roadway.3.A term once used in some parts of the American South for a sidewalk.5.Same as barbette.
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In New Orleans in the early 19th century,a small town house located flush against a sidewalk.
A building or part of one wherein the sacrament of baptism is administered.
Same as hickey.
In reinforced concrete construction,the process of bending reinforcing bars to various shapes.
See bar support.
A clamping device used in carpentry;consists of a long bar with adjustable clamping jaws.
A strong,malleable iron,available in the form of bars,which can be beaten into various shapes by blacksmiths to form tools,horse shoes,hardware,and highly decorative ironwork.See wrought iron.
An open web flat trussed structural member used to support a floor or roof structure.
A network of steel reinforcing bars assembled in two or more layers and welded or tied together.
A rabbeted molding applied to the edge of a counter or bar to serve as a nosing.
One of the posts driven into the ground to form the sides of a field gate.
A type of handle,attached to the bottom rail of a sash,for raising or lowering it.
A coarse screening device used to separate large pieces of stone from smaller pieces,which fall through the spaces between equally spaced bars.
A hot-rolled angle,channel,tee,or zee having its greatest cross-sectional dimension less than 3 in.
The center-to-center distance (perpendicular to the longitudinal axis) between parallel reinforcing bars.
A screening device consisting of a bar or a number of parallel bars;used to prevent objects from entering a drain;also see bar screen.
A device used to support and/or hold steel reinforcing bars in proper position before or during the placement of concrete.
A pattern formed by interlocking bars of stone within the arch of a Gothic window.
An open grid assembly of metal bars in which the bearing bars (running in one direction) are spaced by rigid attachment to cross bars.
In early Russian architecture,same as drum.
1.A sod house.2.A partially underground dwelling.
A bolt having jagged edges to prevent its being withdrawn from the object into which it is driven.
See barbican.
Said of a shank (e.g.that of a nail) which has been provided with repetitive ridges or indentations which may be shallow or deep,oblique or crosswise,diagonal or perpendicular.
Two or more wires twisted together with sharp hooks or points (or a single wire furnished with barbs);used for fences.
A raised platform in a medieval fort that served as a mounting surface for a weapon to fire over a parapet at the enemy.
The outer defense work of a castle or town,frequently a watchtower at the gate.
See barbed wire.
Descriptive of a piece of material which is smaller than the specified dimensions;scant.bare conductor An electrical conductor having no covering or electrical insulation.
A tenon having a shoulder cut on one side only.
A low arch of a bridge under which barges are transported.
1.The coping of a wall,formed by a course of bricks set on edge.2.In a tiled roof,the part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters(bargeboards)where there is a gable.
A long spike,square in cross section used in timber construction.
One of the stones,generally projecting,which form the sloping top of a gable built of masonry.
A mineral used in concrete as an aggregate,esp.for the construction of high-density radiation shielding;also called barium sulfate.
A special mill-mixed gypsum plaster containing barium salts;used to plaster walls of x-ray rooms.
The protective outer layer of a tree,composed of inner,conductive cells and outer cork like tissue.
A dwelling once used by certain Indian tribes in America;usually made of a framework of wood poles,lashed together,and covered with overlapping slabs of bark.
A small building that was once used for processing bark used in dyeing and tanning.
In the Middle Ages,the battlement of a fortified tower in Scotland and northern England.
A small wheel which rolls along a horizontal track and guides the movement of a barn door.
Permanent or temporary housing for soldiers or,less often,groups of workmen.
Wood bars forming a latticework between wall posts in French Vernacular architecture of Louisiana and environs;provided a structural support for infilling set between structural timbers.
A gate with one or more horizontal timber rails.
