ridge - a long narrow natural elevation or striation
bank - a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"
bar - a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river" ...
Ridge Rafter - The wooden member supporting rafter-ends at the ridge of a roof.
Rise - The vertical distance from one stair tread to the next.
Riser - The vertical portion of a step. The board covering the open space between stair treads.
Ridge - The horizontal line at the junction of two roof surfaces where an external angle greater than 180* is formed.
Riprap - Stones or other material placed on a slope to prevent erosion by water action.
Ridge crest: The ornamentation of the ridge of a roof
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ridge rib or longitudinal ridge rib
A rib which runs down the apex of the vault in a longitudinal direction. See also rib vault
ridgepole ...
Ridgepole The horizontal beam at the ridge of a roof, to which rafters are attached.
Riser The vertical portion of a step.
Rubble Masonry construction using stones of irregular shape and size.
Ridge: The apex of a roof.
Riser: The vertical part of a step or stair.
Rising Damp: Moisture soaking up a wall from below ground, by capillary action causing rot in timbers, plaster decay, decoration failure etc.
Ridge The highest part or apex of a pitched roof, usually horizontal.
Ridge Tile A specially shaped tile for covering and making weather tight the ridge of a roof. These tiles may have a rounded or angular cross-section.
Ridge The highest part or apex of a roof where two slopes meet.
Ridge Tile A specially shaped angular or half round tile for covering and making weather-tight the ridge of a roof.
Riser The vertical part of a step or stair.
ridge rib: longitudinal rib extending the whole length of a vault.
Rococo: late Baroque phase, highly ornate; usually refers to interior decoration.
Ridge - Uppermost point at which two intersecting planes of a roof meet. Sometimes decorative.
Rock-face - Axe-dressed stone surface.
Roofridge - Summit line of roof.
Rubble - Fill; unsquared stone not laid in courses.
Rustication - Worked ashlar stone with the faces left rough.
Drawbridge
A movable bridge; originally moved horizontally like a gangway.
Ironbridge Gorge Museum
Photos, facts, and history of the bridge.
Louisville Indiana, Ohio River Bridges Project ...
Ridge roll
- a tightly tied bundle of thatching material, laid along the ridge, to give an edge to the final course of thatch and to provide a base for a ridge cap.
Ridge turret : Found more commonly on churches without towers, located over the crossing and named for their location on the ridge of the roof.
RIDGE CRESTING
Ornament along a roof ridge.
RISER
Vertical part of a stair step.
ridge - the [top] line of intersection of the opposite sides of a sloping roof
riser - the vertical face of a step (see tread) ...
RIDGE - Horizontal top to a pitched roof, usually covered with ridge tiles.
RISER - The vertical part of a step or stair.
Ridge Roll - Rounded cap covering exterior peak of roof
Rincleau - Scroll or vines cut in stone
Roof comb - the structure that tops a pyramid in monumental Mesoamerican architecture ...
Ridge: The crest of the glacis.
Ring wall: A stone wall which replaced the timber palisade surrounding the summit of a motte of a 'motte and bailey castle'. Also known as a shell keep.
Cambridge - England (16th c.)
Hospital de la Santa Creu - Barcelona - Spain (1905)
Château de Blois - France (1500) ...
Cambridge (England)
Building: King's College Chapel
Date: completed 1547
Exterior view of chapel ...
DRAWBRIDGE: A movable bridge. Early drawbridges were removed horizontally like a gangway.
FOSSE: A ditch.
GALLEY: A long passage or room.
Drawbridge: a wooden bridge leading to a gateway, capable of being raised or lowered
Drum Tower: a round tower built into a wall
Dungeon: the jail, usually found in one of the towers ...
Drawbridge
wooden bridge that could be raised and lowered, sited in front of a tower or gatehouse, across a ditch
Dressing ...
the stacked ridges the horizontally segment a northern-style Hindu temple's shikhara.
Bhūmisparsha
see mudrā.
longitudinal ridge rib: A rib which runs down the apex of the vault in a longitudinal direction. Other types of ribs: diagonal, lierne, tierceron, transverse See also rib vault.
A cricket is a ridge structure designed to divert water on a roof. Generally found on the high side of a chimney or the transition from one roof area to another. The cricket is normally the same pitch as the rest of the roof, but not always.
gambrel:
a ridged roof having two slopes on each side, the lower slope having the steeper pitch
grilles:
a metal grating used as a screen, barrier or decorative element as in a window or gateway ...
Roofridge - summit line of roof.
Roundel - low, circular, semicircular or U-shaped tower for artillery, projecting from the wall face.
Rubble - fill; unsquared stone not laid in courses.
Barbican: The gateway or outworks defending the drawbridge; An outwork or forward extension of a castle gateway. Bar Hole: Horizontal hole for timber bar used as a door-bolt.
Cruck Beams - pairs of curved timbers, which run from ground level and meet at the ridge.
Cut Valley - a gutter at the junction of two roof where the slates or tiles are cut to meet on the valley line.
The fleche at Amiens, though of late date (c. 150o), is still in good preservation and is a remarkable work; above the ridges of the roofs of nave and transept, and octagonal in plan, are two stages, ...
Sturbridge, MA.
15. Sturbridge, MA. Dutch Colonial style with Gambrel Roof (dual pitched).
16. Branford, CT. Still popular in New England, this Cape Cod form of house replicates the earlier "Capes" that were common after 1700 in New England.
Ridges or high points have a sharp tip to emit ions and neutralize the high static voltages which cause lightning strikes. Both lead any discharge that does occur to the down conductors.
Air test - A drain test using air pressure.
Double-framed: if longitudinal members (such as a ridge beam) are employed. As a rule in such cases the rafters are divided into stronger principals and weaker subsidiary rafters.
Hipped: roof with sloped instead of vertical ends.
Winchester nave and York choir; Westminster Hall, King's College Chapel, Cambridge, and St.
The courses of the wall are marked by narrow ridges (approximately 0.5 cm wide) formed by the faces of the stones leaning outwards. This is a masonry technique characteristic of pre-Islamic Yemeni architecture.
Malthoid A bituminous membrane for covering low roofs or floors in the inter war period Mansard-roof Double-pitched roof sloping from ridge to eaves on 2 sides, ...
Repton favoured the idea and designed American gardens for Ashridge and Woburn Abbey. amphitheatreThe etymology of Amphitheatre is from amphi (both, or both sides + theatron (theatre). It means a circular theatre with seating on both sides.
More elaborate vaults may include ridge-ribs along the crown of a vault or bisecting the bays; tiercerons, extra decorative ribs springing from the corners of a bay; and liernes, short decorative ribs in the crown of a vault, ...
Lacking both bracketing and trussing, the ridge is supported by a beam or ridgepole held up by fat posts at the middle of each gabled end; the forked rafters, joining atop the ridgepole, exert no outward thrust.
A simple salt box roof is pitched with opposed planes of unequal split and, or, differing slopes (like two opposed shed roofs with differing pitches) sharing a common ridge. A combined pitched form has a vertical offset along a common ridge line.
King's College Chapel, Cambridge
Gothic architecture in Britain has been neatly divided into 4 periods, or styles.
The ridges of each roof carries figurines and/or mythical creatures. The curve of each roof can be no more than a sweep and the most intricate designs on the roof are almost always pointing south-east.
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1977.
Muccigrosso, Robert. Celebrating the New World: Chicago 's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Chicago: I.R. Dee, 1993.
Platt, Frederick. America's Gilded Age: Its Architecture and Decoration. South Brunswick: A.S.
Identifying characteristics include a low, horizontal structure, usually one-and-a-half stories (two-story more common in northeastern and mid-western United States); broad overhanging eaves with exposed roof rafters and ridge beams; ...
cresting - an openwork ornament along a horizontal edge or ridge.
cultural landscape - the portion of the exterior environment that has been modified, influenced, or given special cultural meaning by people; includes large parks, ...
Gable Roof -- A roof with a central ridge and one slope at each side.,
Greek Revival Style -- Mid-19th century revival of forms and ornament of architecture of ancient Greece.
Hipped Roof -- A roof with uniform slopes on all four sides.
Sheet metal that has been formed into parallel ridges to provide additional strength, usually made of aluminum or galvanized steel. Is widely used on industrial buildings and has increasingly been incorporated into Modern style homes.
Course ...
A semi-circular shell with ridges radiating from a point at the bottom. This ornamental motif was common in furniture design during the Queen Anne and Georgian periods in England and America.
a slab of which the upper face is ridged down the middle, and sometimes hipped at each end.
Corbel
a projecting stone or piece of timber for the support of a super-incumbent weight.
Two sloping roofs join to create a ridge.
Romanesque Style
Develed in Italy and western Europe, Romanesque architecture appeared after the Roman classical period and prior to the Gothic period.
Cresting - A decorative fence-like ornament on the ridge of a roof.
Cupola - A small dome, a rounded roof on a circular or polygonal base crowning a roof or turret. Also, a small, often squarish tower on a roof.
Pyramidal roof: A pyramidal roof is a hipped roof which lacks a ridge, the four isosceles-triangular planes of the roof meeting at a common apex. As the name suggests, it resembles a pyramid.
Triangular upper part of a wall at the end of a ridged roof.
Gargoyle
A water spout projecting from the parapet of a wall or tower, often carved in a human, animal or grotesque shape.
For a more detailed account of Carolingian book production see the chapter from the New Cambridge Medieval History entitled Book Production in the Carolingian empire and the spread of the Caroline minuscule.
Gable
Gable dormers have a gabled roof, with two sloping planes that meet at a central ridge. During the English Tudor period in the 16th century, dormers with gable roofs were typical.
Rafter: Structural members of a roof that support the roof load and run from the ridge to the eaves (overhang).
Rails: The horizontal members of a window sash or door panel.
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