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Definition of Sconcheon
1. n. A squinch.
Definition of Sconcheon
1. Noun. (architecture) A squinch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sconcheon
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sconcheon
Literary usage of Sconcheon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"sconcheon. The part of the .side of an aperture from the back of the exterior
reveal to the inside face of the wall ..."
2. Technological Dictionary: English-Spanish and Spanish-English of Words and by Néstor Ponce de León (1920)
"... lamp shade, sconcheon, fan. — almanaque (lamp.) calendar shade. — de chimenea,
fire guard, fire screen. — de efectos para linterna ..."
3. Technologisches Wörterbuch in englischer und deutscher Sprache: Die Wörter by Gustav Eger, Otto Brandes (1884)
"(Bauk. Orn.) staff-bead, angle-staff; —Ständer, mv Eckpfosten; —stein, m. (Bauw.)
quoin, coin, corner-stone, edge-stone, headstone, sconcheon; —stein, ..."
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