A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 493
lly in fortification. (See Retaining Wall and bibliograjihy underthat term.) EASEMENT. ^I. A curve formed at thejuncture of two members, to one or both ofwhich it is tangent, and which would otherwisemeet at an awkwanl angle ; as where the slop-ing portion of a hand rail meets the horizontalpart,… … Sm&-^--^^^^.^s-:^^^^ East End: Church of NoRTfrBOROuoH, North- AJIPTONSHIKK.Type of simpli-st roi-ui. Compare the p! pliotoi.raplii( platf; EAST END. The chancel end of a Chris-tian church ; so called from the mediteval prac-tice of erecting churches with that end towardthe east, in which…
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