Glossary – Page 3 – Construction Glossary

In Classical architecture and derivatives, the column and entablature developed by the Dorian Greeks. Characterized by sturdy proportions, a simple capital, a frieze usually

metopes, mutules, triglyphs, Tuscan order

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dormer window, dormer

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A vertical window which projects from a sloping roof, placed in a small gable.

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double course, doubling course

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A double layer of shingles or the like, one over the other, providing a minimum coverage of two thicknesses.

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double header

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A header joist made of two pieces of lumber, fixed together by bolts or nails, to provide greater strength than a single

header joist

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double return stair, side flights

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A stair having one flight from the main floor to an intermediate landing and two side flights from that landing to the floor

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doorframe

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An assembly built into a wall consisting of two upright members (jambs) and a head (lintel) over the doorway; encloses the doorway and

jambs, lintel

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door

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1. An entranceway. 2. A barrier (usually solid) which swings, slides, tilts, or folds to close an opening in a wall or

automatic door, balanced door, battened door, blank door, blind door, boardand- battened door, car door, casement door, cellar door, Christian door, class-A door, class-B door, class-C door, class-D door, class-E door, crapaudine door, cross-and-bible door, divided door, double door, double-acting door, doublemargin door, Dutch door, dwarf door, Egyptian door, elevator car door, false door, fire door, flap door, flush door, folding door, framed door, French door, half door, Holy door, jib door, landing door, ledged door, ledged-and-braced door, overhung door, Palladian door, paneled door, pocket door, revolving door, roll-up door, sash door, scuttle door, sham door, single-acting door, sliding door, storm door, swinging door, trapdoor, unframed door, vertical plank door, weather door, wicket, witch door, z-braced battened door, zambullo door.