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ˈnook-shaft Arch. [f. nook n.] A shaft placed in the internal angle formed by the meeting of two contiguous faces in a compound archway.
1835Willis Archit. Middle Ages 36 The archway..consists of three orders of square-edged banded arches, with two interposed nook-shafts. 1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 275/2 The larger arches below..spring from nook-shafts or slender attached pillars. 1865Street Gothic Archit. Sp. 69 There are nook-shafts at the angles. |