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Definition of Scoinson arch
1. Noun. An arch that supports part of the wall.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scoinson Arch
Literary usage of Scoinson arch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gothic Architecture in France, England, and Italy by Thomas Graham Jackson (1915)
"The rib is the scoinson arch, and The scom- the arch between it and the tracery
arch is the rear and rear arch. The wall being built of rubble faced with ..."
2. Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of by Francis Bond (1906)
"(Professor Willis' scoinson arch), and the space between, ... window and rear
arches are concentric. t Here w = window ; R = rear-vault ; S = scoinson arch. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"scoinson arch. An arch carrying a part only of the thickness of a wall, as behind
a window ... (Compare scoinson arch.) SCOP AS ; sculptor and architect. ..."
4. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1868)
"The jambs of these windows are excessively splayed, and the scoinson arch, which
defines the inner outline) is a segmental arch. ..."
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