Construction Glossary – Page 838 – Dictionary of Construction terms. There descriptions are and pictures of terms used in the construction sector sampling

basso-rilievo, basso-relievo

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See bas-relief.

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See base-court.

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A brick bond arrangement having a checkerboard pattern.

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A carving, embossing, or casting moderately protruded from the background plane; low relief.

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See bell, 1.

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The trim, 3 on a water basin that usually includes one or more faucets, a trap, an overflow pipe, and

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1. A somewhat shallow vessel for holding water (or the like). 2. A shallow tank or natural or artificial depression

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Same as bezel.

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The wind speed that is used in determining wind load on a structure before other factors (such as height above