Plinth
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PLINTH (Gr. 7rXiveos, a square tile), the term in architecture given to the lower mouldings of a podium, pedestal or skirting; also to any rectangular block on which a statue or vase is placed, ...
Plinth
Architecture
1- A square or rectangular base for column, pilaster, or door framing ...
plinth - an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
footstall, pedestal
pillar, column - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure ...
Plinth: a pedestal supporting a column
Portico: a roofed porch or walkway supported by columns ...
Plinth - The square that comes below the base of a column.
Pilaster - A rectangular column projecting slightly from a wall.
Porte cochere - Porch roof projecting over a driveway.
plinth
A block used as the base of a column or other upright support.
plot plan ...
Plinth - Projecting base of wall.
Portcullis - A heavy timber or metal grill that protected the castle entrance and could be raised or lowered from within the castle.
Plinth The projecting base of a wall.
Plywood Board made from veneers of wood glued with the grain laid at right angles.
Pointing Outer edge of mortar joint between bricks, stones etc.
Plinth The projecting base of a wall or structure.
Pointing The neat finishing of mortar joints between bricks, blocks or stone etc.
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pointille (2) -- ornamented with designs engraved or drawn with a sharp-pointed tool or style (Oxford Dict.) ...
plinth: projecting masonry at the base of a wall or column.
polychrome: a many-coloured finish.
porch: a roof structure or room providing shelter at the front of a building.
PLINTH The projecting base of wall. Also, a PLINTH COURSE is a continuous course of stones supporting a wall.
PORCH A covered platform, usually having a separate roof, at an entrance to a building.
plinth - The square that comes below the base of a column.
Renaissance - a period in history that was the first to become aware of its own existence and coin a label on itself.
Plinth
(a) in Classical architecture, a square slab immediately below the circular base of a column; (b) a square block serving as a base for a statue, vase, etc.
Podium ...
Plinth
A block of wood or stone placed beneath a sculpture or a column; a narrow, vertical, rectangular stone base. Also, one or more courses of masonry that project forward at the bottom of a wall. Also see: pedestal.
Plinth, Plinth board - (c/f Base, Pedestal). The square section lowest component of the base of a column. The plain, projecting lowest section of a wall.
Plinth for a statue or ornament on the apex or ends of a pediment; more usually, both the plinth and what stands on it.Adam
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Plinth
The lowest part of the base of a column or pedestal. The plinth helps to distribute the weight born by the column more evenly.
Post ...
plinth A platform base supporting a column or pilaster.
pointing, repointing The treatment of joints between bricks, stone, or other masonry components by filling with mortar; also, called tuck-pointing.
Plinth
horizontal course(s) of finer stones at the base of a wall to provide better foundation, often projecting from the wall face
Portcullis ...
PLINTH - Widening at base of wall, often rendered.
PLUMB - Vertical (out of plumb/loss of plumbness - leaning/bowing, distorted).
PONDING - Lying water on flat roofs, hardstandings where constructed of inadequate falls.
Plinth: The original purpose of the plinth was to increase the effect of the machicolations, and was not so much to counter the endeavours of sappers as to deflect projectiles thrown down from the walls above.
An elevated plinth or pedestal bearing a statue, generally raised above the substructure. See also acroterion.
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Toronto ...
Acroteria - Plinths for statues or ornaments placed at the apex and ends of a pediment; also, more loosely, both the plinths and what stands on them.
(Literally- a peak) Plinth for a statue or ornament placed at the apex or ends of a pediment: also loosely and more usually, both the plinths and what stands on them.
Addorsed.
Afronted.
Batter - also known as talus or plinth. A sloping part of a curtain wall. The sharp angle at the base of all walls and towers along their exterior surface; talus. Outward slope of a revetment.
Battery - grouping of artillery.
plinth a block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, or statue is based; also the bottom course of stones supporting a wall -- the plinth course.
plinthA Plinth is the square base of a column or of a building. poduimA Poduim is a continuous projecting pedestal or speakers' platform. The word derives from the Greek podion, meaning a little foot.
Plinth - The built up covered area measured at the floor level of the basement or of any storey.
Podium - Platform supporting more than one column.
There are parts to a Tuscan base: the Plinth Block, the Torus, (also known as the bull nose or base molding), and the Cincture. Directly above the stylobate, or the platform on which the architectural column bases sit, is the Plinth.
The mosque is raised on a plinth and approached by a monumental staircase leading to a ceremonial projecting porch with an entrance hall behind it. The entrance hall leads on to a small courtyard behind which is the prayer hall.
Plinth block - squared blocks on which the architrave sits.
Rails - the horizontal members of a door between panels.
Standing upon the stylobate is the plinth, a square block - sometimes circular - which forms the lowest part of the base. The remainder of the base may be given one or many moldings with profiles.
Tall, narrow base which supports a statue, lamp, vase or any decorative object. Usually treated with moldings at the top and a base block on the bottom. Without moldings it is called a plinth.
Pediment ...
Plinth: Projecting base of wall. Portal: Any doorway or entrance but especially one that is large and imposing. Portcullis: A heavy timber or metal grill that protected the castle entrance and could be raised or lowered from within the castle.
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