1. The transfer of stress from a yielding part of a soil mass to adjoining less-yielding or restrained parts of […]

A cross with two transverse arms, the longer one nearer the center.

In medieval fortifications, an aperture through which an archer or longbowman might discharge arrows.

A dormer having an approximately semicylindrical roof; the head of the upper sash in the dormer may be either roundtopped

A method of construction relying on arches and vaults to support walls and floors.