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 87
and the English Elizabethan.RENDER / The manner of plastering di-RENDERING \ rectly on stone or brickwalls. REPLUM (Lat.) In ancient architecture thepanels of a door. REREDOS i A screen or ornamental panel REREDOSSE \ work behind the altar or pul-pit of a church. RESERVOIR (Fr.) A basin, cistern or… … RET RUS RETABLE. A shelf in the chancel of a church. RETAINING WALL. A wall built generallyon an incline, or wider at the bottom thanthe top, for the purpose of counteractingthe thrust of a bank of earth or a lateralpressure of any kind. RETICULATED (Diamond-shaped. RETICULATED WORK \ like the…
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