Label stop
1- The termination of a hoodmold (arched dripstone) in which the lower ends are turned away from the opening horizontally
2- Any decorative boss or other termination of a hoodmold, sill, etc.
LABEL STOP An ornament terminating a hood-mould.
LANCET A tall, narrow pointed window, often found in threes, fives, or sevens on a church's end walls.
Label Stops
The decoration at the end of an arch at the bottom of the spring, or at the end of a hood or drip mold. A drip mold can also be called a label.
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Plain or decorated terminal to mouldings or chamfers at the end of hoodmoulds and labels (label stop), or stringcourses. A headstop is carved with a head.StoupVessel for holy water, usually near a door.
In architecture, a hood mould, also called a label, is an external moulded projection from a wall over an opening to throw off rainwater. This moulding can be terminated at the side by ornamentation called a label stop.
 See also: Stop, Architecture, Gothic, Tower, Ornament
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