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Splayed arch tops the splayed window opening. In architecture, a splayed opening is a wall opening that is narrower on one side of the wall and wider on another. When used for a splayed window, it allows more light to enter the room. In fortifications, a splayed opening is used to broaden the arc of fire (cf. embrasure, loophole). [1]
Canted: with a straight front and angled sides. Bow window: curved. Oriel: rests on corbels or brackets and starts above ground level; also the bay window at the dais end of a medieval great hall. Belfry A chamber or stage in a tower where bells are hung.
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In architecture, a splayed arch (also sluing arch [1]) is an arch where the springings are not parallel ("splayed"), causing an opening on the exterior side of an arch to be different (usually wider) than the interior one. The intrados of a splayed arch is not generally cylindrical as it is for typical arch, but has a conical shape. [2] [3]
The Chiesa del Purgatorio, Ragusa: the facade are angled (canted) back from the centre. County Hall, Aylesbury with canted recesses. A cant in architecture is an angled (oblique-angled) line or surface that cuts off a corner. [1] [2] Something with a cant is canted. Canted façades are a typical of, but not exclusive to, Baroque architecture.
The good news for the milkvetch plant is that they usually need wildfire to sprout — meaning dormant seeds now have a massive new habitat for a new crop of the rare shrub.
South Carolina showed once more who’s in charge of the Southeastern Conference. The No. 2 Gamecocks (19-1, 7-0 SEC) got 14 points from Joyce Edwards and used their trademark lockdown defense to ...
Jazz hands are used in dance or other performances by displaying the palms of both hands with fingers splayed. The Kung fu salute (武术抱拳礼) is a formal demonstration of respect between martial arts practitioners in which the right hand (formed into a fist) is covered by the open left palm. A variant of the fist-and-palm.