General

A South American glossy wood; quite hard, heavy; yellowish brown, orange, or purplish brown in color.

1. A projecting platform on a building, sometimes supported from below, sometimes cantilevered; enclosed with a railing or balustrade. 2.

In a vertical rainwater pipe that passes through an exterior balcony, a fitting which provides an inlet for the drainage

A balcony used as a playing area, as in the Elizabethan theater.

An amount and distribution of steel reinforcement in a flexural reinforced concrete member such that the allowable tensile stress in

In a double-hung window, a sash which opens by being raised or lowered and whose weight is balanced with counterweights