Kneeler

kneeler
In churches where it is customary to kneel for prayer, there is often a long, narrow padded bar at the base of pew in front of you, which can be tilted down for kneeling and tilted up to make it easier to get in and out of the pew.

KNEELER
A large approximately triangular stone at the foot of a gable, cut to have a horizontal bed and a top conforming, wholly or in part, to the slope of the gable.
LANCET or LANCET WINDOW
A long, narrow window with a sharply pointed head.

Types include: Dutch gable, with curved sides crowned by a pediment (also called a Flemish gable); kneelered gable, with sides rising from projecting stones (kneelers); pedimental gable, with classical mouldings along the top; ...

The skew end does not project over the wallhead, unlike a skewputt (also commonly referred to as a kneeler, less commonly as a clubstone or footstone), which does, and is usually moulded or carved.

- Recess with a shallow basin or drain usually found in the south wall of the chancel; used for rinsing the sacred vessels and cloths used at Mass or Communion, on which there remain traces of consecrated wine.
Prie-Dieu - Prayer desk; a kneeler ...

See also: Church, Gable, Ornament, Architecture, Classical