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- double doors: Two adjacent doors that share the same door frame, and between which there is no separating vertical member. Double doors are often referred to as “French doors”, due to their preponderance in French architecture. (Easement, 2017)
- outhouse: Part of a house or building lying behind and separate from the main building, subsidiary to the front or main part. In Anglo-Saxon usage, “gonge,” in ancient castle or monastery usage “necessarium” or “reredorter,” and in United States usage “outhouse” or “privy” when separate from the main building. (Kremer, 2021)
- privy: Part of a house or building lying behind, usually subsidiary to the front or main part, or forming an appendage. In Anglo-Saxon usage, “gonge,” in ancient castle or monastery usage “necessarium” or “reredorter,” and in United States usage “outhouse” or “privy” when separate from the main building. Shelters the primitive and unsanitary prototype of the water closet or toilet. Photo
- treenail: Wooden pins or pegs, similar to iron nails, used early to pin together wooden members. (Light, 1989)
- batten door: Two, three or four boards joined vertically on the outside face by two or three battens placed apart and horizontally on the inside face. (Light, 1989)
- chimney cap: A raised cover of concrete, stone, or other material that protects the chimney opening. Usually in the form of a slab or cornice. (Kremer, 2021)
- grist mill: Incorrect usage, single word, see “gristmill” instead. (Bucher, 1996)
- blind mortise: A mortise that does not pass completely through a member. Also called stopped mortise. (Ching, 1995)
- chimney cap hood: Also see chimney cap. (Kremer, 2021)
- backhouse: Part of a house or building lying behind, usually subsidiary to the front or main part, or forming an appendage. 2. Brewhouse or bakehouse. 3. Privy when separated from the main building.
- back-house: See backhouse. (Kremer, 2021)
- wellhouse: A small house or pavilion built over a well. (Sturgis, 1900)
- corn crib: In the U.S., a building for the storage of corn, and the like. In its characteristic form, its sides are constructed of slats, set with open spaces between for the circulation of air to dry the corn; and it is raised above the ground on posts with projecting caps of sheet metal to guard against the entrance of vermin. trough-gutter: Rectangular-sectioned timber gutter. 2. Deep, wide gutter in the middle of an M-sectioned roof. (Curl & Wilson, 2016)
- clay-and-hair mortar: A mortar consisting of a mixture of clay and animal hair; widely used in construction in colonial U.S.A. (Harris, 1977)
- plank door: A door composed of individual planks. (Kremer, 2017)
- four-over-two: A window light arrangement with four panes in the upper sash, over two panes in the lower sash. (Kremer, 2023)
- corn house: Same as corn crib. (Kremer, 2021)
- corn loafte: Same as corn crib. (Kremer, 2021)
- corn loft: Same as corn crib. (Kremer, 2021)
- water well: An underground source of water protected for convenient access. (Kremer, 2021)
- bank barn: A barn built into a slope, or with a bank of earth against one side, so that the main floor is at grade on one side and one story above grade on the other side; allowed hay or grain wagons to enter the barn for unloading on the upper banked side or to pull alongside at the lower level for
- four-over-two window: Also see four-over-two. (Kremer, 2023)
- gristmill: A mill for grinding grain. (Bucher, 1996)
- twenty-five-over-twenty window: A window light arrangement with twenty-five panes in the upper sash, typically in five horizontal rows of five panes, over twenty panes in the lower sash, typically in four horizontal rows of five panes. (Kremer, 2021)
- inside chimney: A chimney stack that projects into the interior of a building. Also see interior chimney. (Kremer, 2021)
