Architectural and Engineering Glossary
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Wood free of knots and other defects.
The distance between the two inside faces of the supports of a span.
Same as clearance.
1.Open space between two elements of a building to aid in proper placement,to compensate for minor inaccuracies in cutting or to allow unobstructed movement between parts.2.The space or distance allowed for anchorage or erection processes or to accommodate dimensional variations in the building structure.3.See door clearance.
1.A primer consisting of glue,water,and white lead or whiting.2.A clear coating used in application of gold leaf.
The cutting down of bushes and trees and the digging and removal of their roots and stumps.
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A branch provided on a drain to facilitate the clearing of obstructions with a drain rod.
Same as clerestory window.
A small block or strip of wood nailed on a member or on a surface;used to support a brace or to hold a member or object in place temporarily.
Electric wiring on cleats or insulated supports which are mounted on a wall or other surface,leaving the wiring exposed;conduits or raceways are not used.
1.In rocks,a tendency to split along parallel, generally closely spaced surfaces as,for example,in slate.2.In some stone industries,the splitting along the depositional layering.3. The rupturing of adhesive bonds between rigid materials;a prying action.4.A tendency in some woods to split along closely spaced parallel planes,as in shingles.
In a crystalline material,such as certain types of rocks,a plane along which splitting takes place most easily.
Same as rived board.
Said of a stone that has good cleavage,2 along parallel planes;for example,slate.
Timber which has been split along the grain to approximate dimensions.
Same as clithral.
See clinch.
See clinch bolt.
See clinch nail.
The hammering over of the point of a nail against a wood face to secure its adhesion under rough usage.
1.An upper zone of wall pierced with windows that admit light to the center of a lofty room.2.A window so placed.(See illustration p. 218.)
The owner’s site representative or owner’s inspector at a construction site.
An iron (or a link in a chain) bent into the form of a horseshoe,stirrup,or letter U,with holes in the ends to receive a bolt or pin.(See illustration p. 218.)
On drawings,abbr.for ceiling.
A hoisting device used in the erection of high-rise buildings;a vertical mast is fastened to structural members of the building framework and is moved up as the structure rises during construction;a horizontal boom,equipped and partially hardened;not the same as a slip form,which moves during the placement of concrete.
A bolt with one end designed to be bent over,to prevent withdrawal.
Same as lap joint,2 secured with clinch nails.
Any nail designed for clinching after driving.
To secure or fasten a nail,staple,screw,etc.,by hammering the protruding point so that it is bent over.
See clenching.
1.A facility,independent or part of a hospital,in which ambulatory patients receive diagnostic and therapeutic medical and surgical care.2.Single-focus or general-purpose units of the entire facility,such as the cardiac clinic or the pediatric clinic.
1.A short pointed steel bar;used,by striking with a sledgehammer,to break up pavement or road surfaces.2.One of many small cracks in steel due to differential expansion in heating.3.A sealed edge between adjacent sheets of flexible metal roofing material.
1.A partially fused product of a kiln,which is ground for use in cement;also called cement clinker.2.A vitrified or partially vitrified residue of coal which has been burnt in a furnace;used as an aggregate in cinder block.3.A clinker brick.
British term for cinder block.
A very hard-burnt brick whose shape is distorted,owing to nearly complete vitrification used for paving.
An instrument for measuring vertical angles.
A wall formed of unburnt clay mixed with chopped straw,gravel,and occasionally with layers of long straw,in which the straw acts as a bond.
A house whose rubble work walls are surfaced with cobblestone.
Formation of strands,resembling cobwebs,of dried or semidried paint when expelled from a spray gun;usually caused by highly polymerized binders.
Spirally or helically twisted,as a spiral stair.
In Spanish architecture,a kitchen.
1.See faucet.2.A stopcock.
A bead which is not flush with the adjoining surface but is raised above it.
See sprocket.
A spiral stair.
A garret under a roof,above the highest ceiling.Also see loft.
A drag.
A fastener on a casement window.
Made by baking,as porcelain or a brick.
Said of an ancient Roman building constructed of brick hardened in a kiln,as opposed to brick hardened in the sun.
