Architectural and Engineering Glossary
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Same as fire stop.
See pet cock.
A theater curtain that moves horizontally,usually divided in the middle so that each half can be pulled to one side of the stage.
Same as pull box.
Same as barrel bolt.
The distance by which the ground water level is lowered as a result of pumping.
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A wood piece which prevents a drawer from tilting downward when it is pulled out.
A device used to ease the sliding of a drawer open or shut,usually by means of a metal or fiber wheel rotating on a metal frame.
In drawer framing,one of a pair of strips on which the drawer slides.
A mechanism employing guides and rollers that support a drawer and permit its easy operation.
A block which stops the inward movement of a drawer when it has reached its proper position.
A formal reception room,usually in a prominent location of a large home,mansion,or manor house.
A smooth,bright finish on metal tubing,wire,rod,bar,and strip;obtained by drawing the metal through a die.
A product formed by pulling material through one or more dies.
Wire brought to final dimensions by being drawn through one or more dies.
A drawknife.
An imaginary line described on the ground by the outer branch tips of a plant.
Same as drip, 1.
A shallow sink set near floor level to receive the drip from a faucet or the like.
1.An accumulation of liquid by dripping.2.A dripping of water from the gutters or eaves of a house.
Sloping eaves which project beyond a wall and are not provided with a gutter so that water on the roof falls directly to the ground.
A drip cap made of stone.
A continuous horizontal drip molding on a masonry wall.
Said of an enclosure constructed so that drops of liquid striking the enclosure (from a specified range of angles) cannot enter it.
In pile driving,a steel band which encircles the head of a timber pile to prevent it from splitting when being driven.
A steel attachment placed over the top end of a pile to prevent damage while it is driven in the ground.
See drivescrew.
Same as well point.
A reinforcement placed at the bottom of a pile to prevent damage to the pile during driving.
A retail business,bank,or motion picture theater,designed to permit its patrons to receive services while they remain in their automobiles.
Any pile,such as a precast pile,which is driven into position at its final position at the site.
A well constructed by driving a pipe into the ground;usually fitted with a well point and screen.
A pipe,one end of which is sharpened for driving it into the ground;used to obtain a sample in situ,to reach water, etc.
A type of metal fastener;a helically threaded nail, driven with a hammer;has a higher withdrawal resistance than a nail with a plain shank;some types may be removed with a screwdriver.
A private way or road,which is primarily for use by automobiles.
See drive band.
The power unit which applies the necessary energy to raise and lower an elevator or dumbwaiter car or to drive an escalator,moving walk,or the like.
The number of blows of a pile-driving hammer which are required to advance the point of a pile a specified distance into the subsoil.
Abbr.for drain or drainage.
The long,deep entrance passageway to an ancient Egyptian tomb or a Mycenaean bee hive tomb.
See animal black.
See automatic door bottom.
An electric outlet box hung from above, as in a theater stagehouse where it is fed by a cable from the overhead gridiron.
See dropped ceiling.
A device used to confine or to direct the flow of a falling stream of concrete;may be articulated or may be fabricated of heavy rubberized canvas.
A large sheet of cloth,paper,or plastic which is spread over a floor,furniture,etc.,as a protection against paint drippings and splatter.
An electric-light cord suspended and energized from a ceiling outlet.
On the theater stage,any curtain that moves up and down,rather than from side to side.
A pipe elbow,1 having lugs on the sides for attaching it to a support.
Same as drop elbow.
