nook-shaftn.

Brit.

/ˈnʊkʃɑːft/,

/ˈnʊkʃaft/, U.S.

/ˈnʊkˌʃæft/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nook n., shaft n.²

Etymology: < nook n. + shaft n.²

Architecture.

In Romanesque and Gothic architecture: a shaft set in the angle formed by the orders of a compound pier or arch or in the jambs of a doorway or window.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > structure consisting of arches > parts of

nook-shaft1835

suborder1890

1835 R. Willis Remarks Archit. Middle Ages 36 The archway..consists of three orders of square-edged banded arches, with two interposed nook-shafts.

1891 Harper's Mag. Aug. 406/1 The flanking piers of the building..are painfully thin and inadequate, and their tenuity is emphasized by the modelling into nook shafts of their inner angles in the second story.

1970 H. Braun Parish Churches xv. 186 Once the orders began to creep into the arch soffits and be repeated in their imposts, rolls called ‘nook-shafts’ became formed to fill in the re-entrant angles as well as the salient ones.

1997 L. A. Reilly Archit. Hist. Peterborough Cathedral 36 The difference between the apse clerestory and the rest of the building can be seen in the former's use of a single opening..rather than the staggered triplet formula with nook shafts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nook-shaft
释义	nook-shaftn. Brit. /ˈnʊkʃɑːft/, /ˈnʊkʃaft/, U.S. /ˈnʊkˌʃæft/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nook n., shaft n.² Etymology: < nook n. + shaft n.² Architecture. In Romanesque and Gothic architecture: a shaft set in the angle formed by the orders of a compound pier or arch or in the jambs of a doorway or window. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > structure consisting of arches > parts of nook-shaft1835 suborder1890 1835 R. Willis Remarks Archit. Middle Ages 36 The archway..consists of three orders of square-edged banded arches, with two interposed nook-shafts. 1891 Harper's Mag. Aug. 406/1 The flanking piers of the building..are painfully thin and inadequate, and their tenuity is emphasized by the modelling into nook shafts of their inner angles in the second story. 1970 H. Braun Parish Churches xv. 186 Once the orders began to creep into the arch soffits and be repeated in their imposts, rolls called ‘nook-shafts’ became formed to fill in the re-entrant angles as well as the salient ones. 1997 L. A. Reilly Archit. Hist. Peterborough Cathedral 36 The difference between the apse clerestory and the rest of the building can be seen in the former's use of a single opening..rather than the staggered triplet formula with nook shafts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835
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