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A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. sgn, Fenwick, Isabella. ins, Reed, Henry. sgn, Wordsworth Collection · Oxford, J. H. Parker · leaf 171
ow of dentils isworked under the cornice. Dormant-tree, Dormond, a large beam lying across a room:a joist or sleeper. Dormawnte tre, trabes. Prompt. Paiv. Cotgrave gives in his French Diet. Treine, a dorman, or gi-eat beam. It is calledin Norfolk a dormer. Forhy. Al the sommers and dormants, and… … Chapel Cleeve, Somerset, c ISf-O. DORMER—DRESSINGS. 149 roof. There do not appear to be any dormers now existing ofan earlier date than the middle of the fourteenth century. Dormitory, IBortcr, Dortourc, Pr. Dormitoire, Dortoir, Ital.Dormitorio, Ger. ©(^lafgemac^ : a sleeping apartment; the termis…Architecture
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