A form of block capital in which the convex lower faces are carved with broad flutings or half-cones.ScarcementExtra thickness of the lower part of a wall, e.g. to carry a floor.
Block capital: A simple cube-like capital with bottom corners tapered. The block capital is particularly characteristic of Ottonian and Romanesque architecture in Germany and England. See also capital, column.
A capital cut from a square block with the low angles rounded off to the column below. Also called a block capital. Decorated Term used to describe a style of English Gothic architecture current c. 1300-50.
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 See also: Capital, Norma, Ground, Arches, Architecture
  
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