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Visual Dictionary of Architecture / Walls

Walls

wall components
broken pediment
corner board
drum
lunette
niche
parapet
pediment
pilaster
spandrel
wall

wall components by form or function

courses
band
banding
belt course
corbel table
cordon
course
stringcourse
water table

gable
corbie-step
crowstep
gable
stepped gable

defensive
bastion
battlement
castellated
crenel
crenellation
embattled
machicolation
merlon

wall construction by form
board and batten
curtain wall
half-timber
wattle and daub

framing systems
frame
balloon frame
braced frame
post and lintel
timber frame

framing components
brace
collar beam
girt
joist
knee
plank
plate
post
purlin
strut
stud
tie beam
wall plate

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