A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 44
allprojections on two ojiposite facesor edges. Said of measurementsand dimensions. OVERDOOR (adjoitival term). Occupyinga space above a doorway, or aljove a door frame,even when no doorway is oijcncd within it. Thepicture panel or the like which fills such a spaceis known as an ovcrdoor jjicture,… … ■IZ2= =^ZJ / L, Plan OVERDOOR WINDOW; PALAIS DE JUSTICE, PARIS 41 42 OVERMANTEL sion of an inclined structure or member, outsideof its base, or any lower portion ; tlie amountby which any part departs from a given verticalline or plane. (See Leaning Tower.)
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