Architectural and Engineering Glossary
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A structure on a roof or above any part of a building,such as a cooling tower or sign support.
A water storage tank on a roof.
1.A collar beam.2.A tie beam.
A structural support for a roof.
See valley.
A ventilator,1 on the roof of a building,usually designed to exclude rain and snow.Also see ridge ventilator.
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The roof of a house or other building.
A factory made,encased room air conditioner that is mounted atop a roof to provide cooling for the rooms below.
The ridgeboard of a roof.
A heavy duty ripper intended to remove roots of trees.
A preformed bead of tacky caulking compound;often contains twine reinforcement to facilitate handling.
The drum of a hoist,2 on which the hoisting cable or rope is wrapped.
A bead or torus molding carved in imitation of a rope;also see cabling.
A bit used to countersink holes in wood.
The wood surface that results from a gang sawing process.
glass Same as patterned glass.
An incandescent lamp designed to resist failure due to impact;uses extra filament supports which result in lowered efficiency.
1.In frame construction, the sill,1 on which the building frame is erected.2.The wood piece laid across the bottom of a rough opening to act as a base for a window construction.
The rough framework of a building,including framing,boxing,and sheeting.
A semicircular arch.
A barn having a circular plan;see circular barn.
molding Same as roll billet molding.
One whose plan is a circle;by extension,a church designed around a central vertical axis such as those of polygonal or Greekcross form,though these are more accurately described as churches of the central type.
A dormer having a circular window in its face.
A knot sawn across so that it is approximately circular.
A fairly large molding,the section of which is circular (or nearly circular) and convex.
A synonym for saddle notch.
A rounded pediment,2 used ornamentally over a door or window.
The ridge of a roof,finished with a rounded surface.
Same as rainbow roof.
Felled trees which have not been converted to lumber.
A house that is round in plan,with no exterior corners.
To groove,furrow,hollow out,or otherwise machine a wood member with a router.
Any member,as a molding,that follows the line of a curve.
See flatting down.
