Architectural and Engineering Glossary
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A batten.
A batten.
A unit of batt insulation.
A steel plate used to join two parallel components (such as flanges or angles) of a built-up structural column,girder,or strut; designed to transmit shear between the two components.
In metal roofing,a roll joint formed over a triangular shaped wood piece.
A seam in metal roofing which is formed around a wood strip.
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See coreboard.
A column consisting of two longitudinal shafts,rigidly connected to each other by batten plates.
A wood door without stiles which is constructed of vertical boards held together by horizontal battens,2,on the back side. Also called a batten door,ledged door,and unframed door.
Solid,unframed,window shutters held together by horizontal battens,2;similar in construction to small battened doors.
A wall to which battens have been affixed.
Narrow battens or wood strips attached to a wall for the purpose of receiving lath and plaster.
To incline from the vertical.A wall is said to batter when it recedes as it rises.
A diagonal brace which reinforces one end of a truss.
A device for measuring the inclination of a slope.
A pile driven at an inclination to the vertical to provide resistance to horizontal forces.
1.See batter brace.2.A post at one side of a gateway or at a corner of a building for protection against vehicles.
A tapered board which is hung vertically;used to test the batter of a wall surface.
A term descriptive of a surface that is inclined or tilted with respect to the vertical;for example,a battered wall.
A wall having a batter.
1.A combination of two or more electric cells capable of storing and supplying direct current by electrochemical means.2.Any group of two or more similar adjacent plumbing fixtures which discharge into a common horizontal waste or soil branch.
See balk-tie.
A built in window seat.
saw Same as saber saw.
1.A Muslim dwelling,generally for one family,e.g.a tent or house.2.In the early Muslim palace complex,a separate dwelling unit.
A marketplace where goods are exposed for sale;esp.in the East,consisting either of small shops or stalls in a narrow street or series of streets,or of a certain section of town under one roof and divided into narrow passageways.
Abbr.for “barrel.”
Abbr.for “building code.”
Abbr.for “broken cubic meter.”
Abbr.for “broken cubic yard.”
In the lumber industry,abbr.for “board.”
In the lumber industry,abbr.for “bundle.”
A semiround convex molding decorated with a pattern of disks alternating with round or elongated beads.
A dwelling for poor religious people,located near the church in which the founder was interred,and for whose soul the beadsmen or beadswomen were required to pray.
See beading plane.
Same as surfacing weld.
Collectively the bead moldings used in ornamenting a given surface;also see bead.
Same as beading.
A pendant fillet with a channel behind it on the edge of a corona,larmier,or stringcourse,etc.so called because in profile it resembles a bird’s beak.2.A molding enriched with carved birds’ heads or beaks.
An ornament;any of several fantastic,animal-like heads with tapered,down pointed beaks;frequently used in richly decorated Norman doorways.Also see catshead.
A joint formed by several heading joints occurring in one continuous line;esp.used in connection with the laying of floor planks.
A metal tie used to anchor a beam or joist to a wall,or to tie a floor securely to a wall.
A system of floor construction in which the load is distributed by slabs to spaced beams and girders.
A floor system in which a concrete floor slab is supported by reinforced concrete beams.
1.Boxing-in or covering a joist,beam,or girder to give the appearance of a larger beam.2.Strips of wood used to create a false beam.
A rod which provides support for steel reinforcement in formwork for a reinforced concrete beam.
The soffit of a beam.
Same as wall box.
A face brick which is used to bond to a poured in place concrete lintel.
The enclosure of a steel beam in concrete or in an exfoliated vermiculite plaster;used to increase the fire resistance of the beam.
