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Corbiestep

One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.

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Stair 76% connected

One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.

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Step 76% connected

To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in successio…

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Arch noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Architectural ornament noun · 78% connection

(architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance

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Architecture noun · 78% connection

the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence…

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Art form noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)

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Attic noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof

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Column noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

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Columniation noun · 78% connection

(architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure

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Conge noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a concave molding

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Congee noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a concave molding

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Corbel noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

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Corbel arch noun · 78% connection

(architecture) an arch constructed of masonry courses that are corbelled until they meet

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Corbel step noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall

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Corbie gable noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a gable having corbie-steps or corbel steps

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Corbie-step noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall

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Corner noun · 78% connection

(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

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Crow step noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall

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Cyma noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)

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Cymatium noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)

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Acclivity noun · 78% connection

A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upw…

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Aisle noun · 78% connection

A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roo…

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Bargecourse noun · 78% connection

A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable.

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Batter noun · 78% connection

A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

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Bond noun · 78% connection

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…

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Continuous adjective · 78% connection

continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission…

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Counterscarf noun · 78% connection

The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the e…

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Crocket noun · 78% connection

An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc.

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Crowstone noun · 78% connection

The top stone of the gable end of a house.

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Declivity noun · 78% connection

Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the sam…

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Degraded adjective · 78% connection

Having steps; -- said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; -- termed also o…

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Facing noun · 78% connection

A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, e…

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