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Chevron :: Chevron (n.) A zigzag molding, or group of moldings, common in Norman architecture..

Label :: Label (n.) The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture. It always has a /quare form, as in the illustration..

Foil :: Foil (n.) The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed..

Building :: Building (n.) The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture..

Doric :: Doric (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order..

Aegicrania :: Aegicrania (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls..

Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns..

Column :: Column (n.) Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column..

Architectonics :: Architectonics (n.) The science of architecture.

Morisco :: Morisco (n.) A thing of Moorish origin; as: (a) The Moorish language. (b) A Moorish dance, now called morris dance. Marston. (c) One who dances the Moorish dance. Shak. (d) Moresque decoration or architecture..

Moresque :: Moresque (n.) The Moresque style of architecture or decoration. See Moorish architecture, under Moorish..

Oillet :: Oillet (n.) A small circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture..

Peribolos :: Peribolos (n.) In ancient architecture, an inclosed court, esp., one surrounding a temple..

Greco-roman :: Greco-Roman (a.) Having characteristics that are partly Greek and partly Roman; as, Greco-Roman architecture..

Architectonic :: Architectonic (n.) The science of architecture.

Architecture :: Architecture (n.) The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture..

Jacobian :: "Jacobian (a.) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture and decoration in the time of James the First, of England..

Hagioscope :: Hagioscope (n.) An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint..

Corinthian :: Corinthian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans..

Romanesque :: Romanesque (a.) Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire, but esp. to the more developed architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th..

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