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battlement, embattlement

1. A fortified parapet with alternate solid parts and openings, termed respectively merlons  and embrasures  or crenels  (hence crenelation). Generally […]

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bay

1.Within a structure, a regularly repeated spatial element defined by beams or ribs and their supports. 2. A protruded structure with a

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bead molding

1. A small, convex molding of semicircular or greater profile; also called a half round; a roundel; a baguette. 2. Same as

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beak molding

1. A pendant fillet with a channel behind it on the edge of a corona, larmier, or stringcourse, etc., so called because

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beam compass

An instrument used to draw large circles or arcs of circles for full-sized working drawings; has a long horizontal bar on which two

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bed joint

1. A horizontal layer of mortar on which masonry units are laid. 2. One of the radial joints in an arch. 3.

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