An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 1292
. (Sax. Dpipan.) The horizontal force which an arch exerts with a tendency tooverset the piers from which it springs. Drip. See Cokona. Dripstone. The moidding in Gothic architecture placed over an opening to throw offwater. It is also called a weather moulding, or mere properly hood moidd; and… … Drop or Ortuse Arch. A pointed arch of less lu-ight tlian that formed by an equilateraltriangle, similar to Fig. 1401. Drops. (Sax. Dnojrpan.) The frusta of cones in the DoricOrder, used under the triglyphs in the architrave belowthe i(pnia. They are also employed in the under part ofthe mutuli or…
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