Glossary

A nonload-bearing partition of dry construction, assembled from prefabricated components, which can be installed, removed, and then reinstalled at a different location; […]

One of a band of small, square, toothlike blocks forming part of the characteristic ornamentation of the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders, and

1. A treatment of concrete or mortar to retard the passage or absorption of water, or water vapor, either by applying a

A stone, imbedded in the walls of many old buildings, carved with the date of completion of the structure.

A type of door lock; the bolt, which is square in cross section, is operated by the door key or a turn

1. An aisle extending around the apse of a church; an apse aisle. 2. The ambulatory of a cloister, or the like.

A building having a portico of ten columns, or rows of ten columns.

The second of the three phases of English Gothic architecture, from ca. 1280 to after 1350, preceded by Early English characterized by rich