A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 39
ions on two opposite facesor edges. Said of measurementsand dimensions. OVERDOOR (adjectival term). Occupyinga space above a doorway, or above a door frame,even when no doorway is opened within it. Thepicture panel or the like which fills such a spaceis known as an overdoor picture, etc., the… … PI an .b ZthtWc ie o a 3 4 OVERDOOR WINDOW; PALAIS DE JUSTICE, PARIS 41 i2 OVERMANTEL sion of an ineliued structure or member, outsideof its base, or any lower portiou; the amountby whicli any part departs from a given verticalline or plane. (See Leaning Tnwer.)
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