单词 | angle-stone |
释义 | > as lemmasangle-stone angle-stone n. ΚΠ 1782 W. Bailey One Hundred & Six Copper Plates Mech. Machines II. iii. x. 62 The particular form of the angle stones and joints in this Arch, appears new and ingenious. 1851 G. Wheeler Rural Homes xiv. 224 The angle stones or quoins, the masonry round the windows,..the weathering and plinth of the buttresses, should all be of cut stone. 2002 Archit. Hist. 45 52 Substantial quoin-stones, or angle-stones, are desirable, at the meeting-point of two differently aligned walls. < as lemmas |
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