coping - the uppermost course of a wall or parapet
corbeled arch - masonry course advancing inward over the top of a wall opening
corbiestep - a gable with stepped sides, used to mask a pitched roof ...
COPING The capping at the top of a wall for protection from weather elements.
CORBEL A decorative use of brick atop the windows, walls or chimney or to create the shape of a bracket or dentil at the top of a building beneath the cornice.
Coping A flat cover of stone or brick that protects the top of a wall.
Corbelling Stone or wood projecting from a wall or chimney for support or decoration.
Corinthian The type of Greek column characterized by simulated acanthus leaves.
Coping/Coped Slab
a slab of which the upper face is ridged down the middle, and sometimes hipped at each end.
Corbel ...
Coping / Coping Stone: Usually stone or concrete, laid on top of a wall as a decorative finish and to stop rainwater soaking into the wall.
Corbell: Projection of stone, brick, timber or metal jutting out from a wall to support a weight.
Coping
Coping is a capping at the top of a wall, serving to shed water.
Cornice ...
Coping - Covering stones.
Corbel - A projecting block of stone built into a wall during construction; step-wise construction, as in an arch, roof, etc.
Corinthian - Elaborately foliated capital.
COPING A protective, sloping capping to a wall.
CORBEL A carved or moulded supporting stone that projects from the wait surface.
Coping - The topmost part of a wall, often designed with a sloping surface to throw off rainwater.
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Cornice - A decorative addition to the top and projecting from the face of an internal or external wall.
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COPING Stones, usually large and hard-wearing, placed at the top of for example walls, in order to take the brunt of the weather and protect the more delicate stone-work below.
COPING
Protective course of masonry or brickwork capping a wall.
CORBEL
Projecting block supporting something above. Corbelling brick or masonry courses built out beyond one another to support a chimney-stack, window, etc.
coping
When used to describe architectural features õcopingö refers to the top layer of a brick or stone wall. It is usually built with a slope to shed water.
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Coping
- top course, usually of some form of slab, of a wall, designed to prevent water penetrating into the core of the wall. Copes can be formed of any material that does not absorb water.
coping A protective cap, top or cover of a wall parapet, commonly sloping to protect masonry from water.
corbel An architectural member which projects upward and outward from a wall that supports a horizontal member.
Coping - Top course of a wall
Coquillage - Seashell-styled decoration
Corbel - Bracket or block projecting from the face of a wall ...
COPING - Brick, stone or tile finish to top of parapet wall.
CORBEL - Cantilevered projecting support on face of wall.
CORE SAMPLE - Taken for testing - especially concrete.
Wedge coping - A coping with one edge thicker than the other, thus with its upper surface sloping one way only
Wedging-in - Fixing the tuck-in of a flashing into a chase
Weephole - A small drain hole for water.
Other types of crypt: hall crypt Coping: Covering stones. Corbel: A projection from a wall which sometimes supports (or appears to support) a structural member such as a shaft; A projecting block of stone built into a wall during construction; ...
balustradeA baluster is a short pillar with a curved outline and a balustrade is a barrier made with pillars of this type and topped with a coping or rail.
from Italian balaustro, from balaustra, "pomegranate flower" [from a resemblance to the post], from Lat. balaustium, from Gr. balaustion) is a moulded shaft, square or circular, in stone or wood and sometimes in metal, supporting the coping of a ...
It was a weight to counteract the thrust of the vaults, particularly where there were flying buttresses; it stopped the tendency to slip of the stone copings of the gables, and counterpoised the thrust of spires; ...
International Style - This popular avant-garde style of the 1930’s was identified by features such as flat roof, usually without ledge (coping) at the roof line, windows, Usually metal casements) set flush with outer walls, smooth, ...
But when the rising sun began to gild the coping stones at the gable ends of the houses, Cornelius, eager to know whether there was any living creature about him, approached the window, and cast a sad look round the circular yard before him ...
A decorated gable end carried above the roofline, a coping that covers the slope of the roof and provides an ornamental silhouette. These were very popular in both Dutch and Muslim architecture.
Toronto
London - England ...
Architectural terra cotta can be used for parapet copings, decorative moldings, color accents, sculptured borders around door and window openings, dedication plaques, medallions, identification logos, and building signage.
Baluster - A short post or pillar in a series supporting a rail or coping and thus a balustrade.
Balustrade - A railing system, generally around a balcony or on a second level, consisting of balusters and a top rail.
Balusters: vertical supports of this or any other form, for a handrail or coping, the whole being called a balustrade. Blind balustrade: the same applied to the wall surface. A splat baluster is flat and has shaped sides.
Generally it refers to a large structure which would be capable of coping with a large number of travellers, their animals and goods.
Flat roofs, without ledges, eaves, or coping
Metal windows set flush with exterior walls, often in horizontal bands
Windows usually large and rectangular, displaying a regular pattern ...
BALUSTRADE: a railing of small posts or balusters topped by a coping usually at the edge of stairs or on a roof. (IMAGE) ...
Soldier course - A series of bricks on end, usually (as a coping) on top of a parapet, as a lintel or as a decorative band.
Cordon, Cordone: (1) A row of stones along the line of a rampart. (2) A continuous rounded coping at the top of a masonry revetment. (3) A chain of military posts.
Corinthian (latest and most ornate Order) Corinthian columns are slender, usually fluted, with capitals elaborately carved with acanthus leaves.
coping - a cap or covering on top of a wall, either flat or sloping, to shed water ...
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