A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 596
ing Wall. A bearing wall, or re-taining wall, in contradistinction to one servingmerely as a partition or screen. WALL (v.). A. To form a division or par-tition between rooms. B. To support a superincumbent weight. C. To aftord defence, shelter, or security, asa rampart, a fortification, or a… … Hollow Wall; Fig. i. The More CommokForm, used for Two-stort asd Three-story Buildings. WALL PAINTING. The painting of thesurface of a wall witli ornamental designs orfigiue subjects, as decoration. It is usuallyclassified as Encaustic, Fi-esco, or Temperapainting. (See those terms and Mural…
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