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Long-and-short workStones (quoins) at the angle or corner of a building placed with the long side alternately upright and horizontal, especially in Anglo-Saxon structures.
LONG-AND-SHORT WORK: a method of laying quoins characteristic of the Saxon style, in which slabs of stone are laid alternately horizontally and vertically. LOWSIDE WINDOW: a window frequently found towards the west in the S.
landing, haunch or hance, headstone, headwork, helicline, hipped or hip roof, imperial, impost, intrados, jube, keystone, quoin, or headstone, lancet arch, Gothic arch, or ogive, lancet window, landing, lantern, leaded, loggia, long-and-short work, ...
 See also: Architecture, Chancel, Church, Norma, Storey
  
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