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brace table, brace scale, brace measure

A table indicating the length of hypotenuses for right isosceles triangles with legs of various lengths; used by carpenters in cutting wood braces […]

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boss

1. A projecting, usually richly carved ornament placed at the   of ribs, groins, beams, etc., or at the termination of a

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bottom rail

1. The lowest horizontal structural member of the frame of a door or window that interconnects its vertical members. 2. The lower rail

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blunt arch

An arch rising to a slight point, struck from two centers within the arch.

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board-and-batten construction

Wall construction for a timber-framed house in which the exterior covering consists of closely spaced boards set vertically, with narrow wood strips covering

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bochka

In early Russian architecture, a wooden roof whose peak has the shape of a horizontal cylinder with the upper side surface extending into

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bolt

1. A metallic pin or rod having a head at one end and an external thread on the other for screwing up

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