 | Joseph Gwilt - 1826 - 290 Seiten
...wrought, rebated and beaded. Doitic ORDER. One of the five orders of architecture. DORMER in architecture. A window placed on the inclined plane of the roof of a house, or above the entablature, beii.g raised upon the rafters, with its frame in a vertical position. DOVETAILING,... | |
 | Robert Griffith Hatfield - 1845 - 326 Seiten
...case of necessity. Dooks. — A Scotch term given to wooden bricks. Dormer. — A window placed on the roof of a house, the frame being placed vertically on the rafters. Dormitory. — A sleeping-room. Dovecote. — A building for keeping tame pigeons. A columbarium. Echinus.... | |
 | C. Bankes Brookes - 1879 - 264 Seiten
...otherwise formed, convex roof over a circular or polygonal building. Dor'mer. — -A window placed on an inclined plane of the roof of a house, the frame being placed vertically on the rafters. Dressings. — Mouldings round doors, windows, and the like. Eaves. — The lowest edges of the inclined... | |
 | William Allen Sylvester - 1883 - 220 Seiten
...placed upon the angles of spires, canopies, etc. Curb-roof. — a roof having a double slope ; a yambrel roof. / Cupola. ^-A dome-like vault on the top of...only when ornamented or carved with eggs and anchors. Engaged Columns. — Columns sunk partly into the wall to which they are attached, and standing out... | |
 | William Allen Sylvester - 1884 - 222 Seiten
...canopies, etc. Curb-roof. — a roof having a double slope ; a gambrel roof. HOUSE-CARPENTER'S COMPANION. Cupola. — A dome-like vault on the top of an edifice,...only when ornamented or carved with eggs and anchors. Engaged Columns. — Columns sunk partly into the wall to which they are attached, and standing out... | |
 | Ki Chiu Kwong, Kwang Ki-Chaou - 1887 - 918 Seiten
...Bay-window [a window projecting outward from the wall of a house, and forming a recess in the room.] Dormer window [a window placed on the inclined plane of the roof of a house-] |iJP^ f t§^ Window-frame [the frame of a window, which receives and holds the sashes.] Window-sill... | |
 | Great Britain - 1895 - 780 Seiten
...that this sub-section shall not apply to towers turrets or spires. ' Dormer ' — is a window inserted on the inclined plane of the roof of a house, the frame being placed nearly vertically with the line of the rafters. ' Lantern light.' — A lantern in architecture is... | |
 | Robert Griffith Hatfield - 1895 - 774 Seiten
...columns in front. Decks. — A Scotch name given to wooden brick '. Dormer. — A window placed on the roof of a house, the frame being placed vertically on the rafters. Dormitory. — A sleeping-room. Dovecote. — A building for keeping tame pigeons A columbarium. Echinus.... | |
 | Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar - 1910 - 556 Seiten
...improved system of national defense. Pop. (1901) 7,670. Dor'mer, or Dormer Win'dow, window inserted on the inclined plane of the roof of a house, the frame being placed nearly vertically DORMOUSE DORT with the rafters; often used for the purpose of lighting the attic... | |
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Cupola. ^-A dome-like vault on the top of an edifice, usually on a tower or steeple, as of a public building. The word as commonly used means a small tower or turret built on the top of a building. ' Curb-plate. — The plate in a curb-roof that receives... 