Mains

mainstay admirer, booster, protagonist, supporter, champion, friend - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" 4.

Remains from the Almohad period (twelfth to thirteenth century) include the Kutubiyya Mosque, the Kasba Mosque and the Bab Agnau.

Remains of the baths of Diocletian, Rome. Etching made by Etienne_Du_Pérac in the 16th century.

The remains of a skew, skew putt and top cornice concealed within the later loading bay. - see Sea Captain's House - Case Study.

Based on remains found at Pompeii and Heraculaneum, stained glass was first used by wealthy Romans in their villas and palaces in the first century A.D. At this time stained glass was considered a domestic luxury rather than an artistic medium.

At the end of the nineteenth century 'carpet bedding' became a term of abuse for annual displays of plants, but it remains popular in show gardens and public parks.

Although it has become scarcer, timber remains an important building material. In other areas, stone and marble were chosen for important monuments because they are fireproof and durable.

The revival began in the South, where Byzantine remains were numerous and the tradition still lingered.

It is applied to the grotesque decoration derived from Roman remains of the early time of the empire, not to any style derived from Arabian or Moorish work.

CENOTAPH A monument erected in honour of a dead person or persons whose remains lie elsewhere. Here in Britain, often represented by a memorial monument to the fallen of the two World Wars.

Steel Siding - Heavy siding material which remains very durable and weather resistant. Stool - The inside window sill. Story - A horizontal division of a building, from the floor to the ceiling above it.

Mastic - Mastic is a waterproof, plastic, putty-like substance used as a filler, sealant and jointing material that is plastic when applied and remains flexible after it dries.

A water softening process in which water passes through a mains pressure tank containing zeolite, a mineral reagent, to absorb the salts which harden the water. Base Gusset A stiffening rib between a baseplate and a steel column ...

Brutalism - A short-lived architectural movement of the 1960s that set itself in opposition to the picturesque Scandinavian-influenced mainstream of the period, and instead advocated the brutally frank expression of the nature of modern materials, ...

LPG Liquid Petroleum Gas or Propane. Available to serve gas appliances in areas without mains gas. Requires a storage tank. Mortar Mixture of sand, cement, water and sometimes lime used to join stones or bricks.

LIMESTONE Rock consisting mainly of calcium carbonate, often composed of the organic remains of sea animals, as mollusks, corals, etc., and used as building stone. M top of page ...

Reliquary: A container, often richly ornamented, holding the remains of a saint which can be displayed to the faithful.

Relic : A sacred object venerated because of its association to a martyr or saint, in certain instances, remains of the saint.

radiocarbon analysis (1) -- a method of dating that relies on measurement of the rate of decay of carbon 14 in organic remains (Biers, 337) red-slipped (3) ...

One tower which still remains is nearly 400 feet high which was erected in the Yung-ning-ssu dynasty. This temple is located at Toyang and was made at the beginning of the 6th century.

Harbor Boulevard was remodeled in 1930, with an exterior Zigzag Moderne style that remains today. The Mutual Building and Loan Association Building (1924, remodeled in 1933) at 124 W. Wilshire Avenue is also a Zigzag Moderne building.

It was protected front and back by panelling and the great rood or crucifix would have been fixed to the front. Many rood lofts and crucifixes were destroyed at the Reformation. All that remains in St Lawrence are the stairways to access the loft ...

sculpture, that of the Cathedral of Bamberg, created under the influence of Reims, culminates about 1240 in the Bamberg Rider, the first equestrian statue in Western art since the 6th century. Although the identity of the regal horseman remains ...

Italian stringing A way of drawing curtains in which the curtains are joined in the center and the actual heading remains fixed while the curtains draw backwards and forwards by means of diagonally strung cords placed about one-third of the way down ...

See also: Architecture, Islamic, Islamic architecture, House, Brick