A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 271
Splay, (old Sr. Bkphyer), the expansion given to door-ways, windows, and other openingsin walls, &c.f by slanting the sides.This mode of construction prevailsin Gothic architecture, especially on {jithe insides of windows, but is veryrarely, if ever, used in Classicalarchitecture. The term is…
