A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 320
masonry, the whole structure is ofiron or steel which su]iports the exterior waOsas well as the roof It is common to carrythese exterior walls by means of cantileversupon which one story or two stories of suchwalls are built up at a time ; so that the struc-ture may be completed and the roof put… … Skew Vault or Arch: thr Triangle in thePlan corresponds to the Elaborate Hor-izoNT.\L Mouldings in the View, which areTHE Corbelling to carry the Wall .\bove. SKEW (adj.). Set sloping; inclined inany direction, but most commonly in a hori-.522 SKEW zontal plane. A Skew Arch or Skew Vault isan…
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