A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 272
Vou&soir and Skew.~\ Squillch, or Sconce, smallarches or projecting coursesof stone formed across theangles of towers, &c, inGothic architecture, to sup-port the alternate sidesof octagonal spires, lan-terns, &c, above. Some-times the overhanging sideof thespire or octagon, whenrising… … Tongr ^horctis Salop. answer the same purpose as thearches, but are more substantialbecause they have no tendencyto expand, the ■walls, which isalways to be feared when thearched squinch is used. Thestraight squirsch is often em-ployed externally, as at St. Cross,where it is used to carry thedure,…
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