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Architecture Dog-leg stairDogtooth

Dog-legged - with right-angle bends.
Dog-tooth - diagonal indented pyramid. Zig-zag carving around an archway, typical of the Normans.
Donjon - a great tower or keep.

 


(1 2 in. to foot.) The newel or dog-legged stair is so termed from its supposed resemblance to a dog's hind leg.

the central post in a circular or winding staircase; also the principal post at each angle of a dog-legged or well staircase.
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See also: Church, Vault, Ornament, Newel, Lantern

Architecture Dog-leg stairDogtooth

 
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