Quoins
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QUOINS (an old variant spelling of "coin," from Lat. cuneus, a wedge), in architecture, the term for the external angle of a building, ...
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smooth-cut quoins
quoin, coign, coigne [kwɔɪn kɔɪn] ...
Quoins
koinz, kwoinz
Also called Coin
The dressed stones at the corners of buildings ...
Quoin
(quoining) A stone forming the external corner of a wall. Quoins are a decorative element and are generally larger or of a different colour than the rest of the wall.
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quoin
Cornerstone of a building, rising the entire height of the wall, and distinguished from the main construction material by size, texture, or conspicuous joining.
Quoin - Dressed stone at the corner of a building.
This Dictionary is an invaluable guide for anyone interested in Architectural / Construction Activity. Click on the alphabets given below, for the word you are looking for.
quoins:
an exterior angle of a wall or other masonry; a stone serving to form such an angle - a cornerstone; a keystone ...
quoins - Alternating large and small stone, brick or wood used to decorate and accentuate the corners of a building
rail - Horizontal members of a door or window
raking molding - Molding that follows the slope of a gable or pediment ...
QUOINS Quoins are decorative rectangles or squares of stone, brick, wood or concrete, placed at the corners of buildings to add architectural interest.
Quoins -- Stone blocks or bricks ornamenting the outside walls of a building.
Sash -- The movable framework containing the glass in a window.
Sill -- The bottom crosspiece on a window frame.
quoin - a corner stone.
relieving arch - added support over a window or doorway, to bear the weight of the masonry wall above.
reredos - a decorative screen behind the altar, usually highly carved.
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Quoin One of the stones or bricks ornamenting the outside corner of a building.
Rafter Part of the frame for a wooden roof, sloping down from the ridge and
establishing the pitch.
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Quoins
the dressed stones at the angle of a building, or distinctive brickwork in this position.
Rafters ...
Quoin: The external angle of a building; or, specifically, bricks or stone blocks forming that angle.
Rafter: A sloping roof beam, usually timber, forming the carcass of a roof.
Quoin - A structural form, usually of masonry, used at the corners of a building for the purpose of reinforcement, frequently imitated for decorative purposes.
Quoins
Finished stone or brick used to visually reinforce the exterior corners of a building.
Rafters ...
QUOIN The cornerstones, often emphasized, on a building. Usually of stone or brick hut may also be wood imitating stone.
REEDING Ornament created by a series of parallel convex mouldings.
Quoin - Dressed stone at angle of building.
Rampart - Defensive stone or earth wall surrounding castle.
Rath - Low, circular ringwork.
Quoin The external angle of a building, or bricks or stone blocks forming that angle.
Racking The distortion, or tendency to distort, laterally as in changing a rectangle to a non-rectangular parallelogram.
Quoin: Quoins are ornamental features used at the corners of Georgian (also, less frequently, Federal and Greek Revival) houses.
quoins The dressed stones at the corners of buildings, usually laid so their faces are alternately large and small.
Quoin
Large stone or block laid at the corner of a building (or at an opening) used either for reinforcement of the angle or for ornament. Image courtesy of Gail Gould ...
quoin: the emphasised bricks or stones that appear at the corners of a building.
re-entrant corners: corners with angles pointing inward.
refectory: the dining hall of a monastery.
QUOINS
Dressed stones at the angles of a building. Sometimes all the stones are of the same size; more often they are alternately large and small.
REBATE
A rectangular recess along the edge of a timber to receive a shutter, door or window ...
Quoin - A stone or brick used to reinforce or decoratively distinguish an external corner or edge or a wall from adjacent masonry. In Victorian architecture often non-structurally represented in polychromatic brickwork or raised render.
Quoins
- stones larger or better shaped, than those of which a wall is composed, used to form the corners of walls or door and window openings.
QUOINS
Decorative corner treatment made of wood or veneer masonry that simulates large rectangular stones.
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quoins - rectangles of stone or wood used to accentuate and decorate the corner of a building
rafter - framing member supporting the roof
repointing - removal of old mortar from joints of masonry construction and filling in with new mortar ...
Quoins - Finished stones that construct the corner of a building.
Rotunda - Domed building, circular in plan, such as the Pantheon.
Spina - The center strip running down the middle of a circus.
QUOINa protruding stone or brick that accentuates an exterior corner. Sometimes simulated on frame structures to look like stone.
RUSTICATEDheavily textured or rough-surfaced stone-work ...
Quoins - Units of cut stone or brick used to accentuate the vertical corners of buildings
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Reeding - Opposite of fluting; protruding half-round molding ...
Quoin -
The corner of a building; also used of the individual stones (dressed) making up the corner.
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Rampart
defensive stone or earth wall surrounding a castle or town ...
Prefabricated A house whose substantial parts are made entirely or in sections away from the building site.Q
Quoin A stone or block reinforcing or accenting the corners of a building.R
Rafter A sloping beam which supports a roof.
After 1750, corner quoines became popular. In brick structures, belt courses defined the separation between stories. More elaborate embellishments included centered gables, two-story pilasters, and roof balustrades.
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.
Quoins, belt course
Garlands, floral ornament
Pilaster
The Adam or Federal house plans style was the dominant style in the United states around the period of 1780-1820's.
glacial quoins. Also called frost-work.GlacisArtificial slope extending out and downwards from the parapet of a fort.Glazing barsWooden or metal bars separating and supporting window panes.
Gibbs surround - The surround of a doorway or window consisting of alternating large and small blocks of stone, quoin-wise, or of intermittent large blocks; ...
[edit] Archetypical elements of buildings
Vertical Wall Arch Beam Lintel Quoin Column Orders Base Shaft Capital Openings Window Door Horizontal Plinth Floor Roof ...
Ashlar. Large square block of stone usually used as quoins on the outer corners of buildings decorated with rustication.
From our Architecture Dictionary, find definitions for architecture terms and building vocabulary starting with the letter Q, including Quatrefoil, Queen Ann, Quoin, and more.
mean that it would not be possible to build houses solely out of stone, thus the mud plaster and mortar here perform a structural function whilst the stone is used for strength. In many Timbuktu houses exposed limestone is used for corner quoins and ...
the rectangular, truncated, pyramidal towers flanking the gateway of the temple PYRAMID: in ancient Egyptian architecture, a sepulchral monument in the form of a huge stone structure with a square base and sloping sides meeting at an apex QUOIN: the ...
quoin Dressed stone at the corner of a building. refectory A monastic dining room. relieving arch A wide arch that encompasses two or more smaller arches. reredorter A monastic toilet.
quoin one of a series of stones laid at the exterior corners and angles of a building and consisting of contrasting material to that of the wall.
Quoin: Dressed stone at angle of building.
R Ram: Battering ram Rampart: Defensive stone or earth wall surrounding castle. Rath: Low, circular ringwork. Ravelin: Outwork with two faces forming a salient angle; like in a star-shaped fort.
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