Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 349
FRONT SIDE 281 196 SHEET METAL WORK Raking mouldings are those which are inclined as in a gable orpediment; but, inasmuch as to miter an inclined moulding (as A) into ahorizontal moulding (as B and C), under certain conditions, necessi-tates a change of profile, the term to rake, among sheet-metal… … FRONT ELEVATIONFig. 259. such a miter. Hence the term raked moulding means one whoseprofile has been changed to admit of mitering. The term miter, in common usage, designates a joint in a mould-ing at any angle. Drawings form a ver^ important part in sheet-metal architectural
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