The American glossary of architectural terms, being a concise and comprehensive compilation of all terms used in the practice of architecture and the building arts (1887)
Garnsey, Geo. O. (George O.) · Chicago : National Builder Publishing Co. · leaf 49
r wall. CURB-RAFTER. (See Curb-Roof.) CURB-ROOF. A roof whose external formpartakes of the segment of a circle, therafters of which are segmental or ellipticalin form. CURIA. (Same as Basilica.) CURTAIL-STEP. In early stair-building, thefirst step in a flight of stairs. It de-rived its name from… … cus DIR CUSP (Lat.) In Gothic work, the pendantterminations or points formed by the fin-ishing and intersections of the geometricallines by which the trefoil, quatrefoil, cin-quefoil, polyfoil, etc., are described. CYCLOID (Gr.) A circular geometrical figure. CYCLOPEAN (architecture). The…
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