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The French term for the wall-rib carrying the web or filling-in of a vault. [49] Fractable A coping, often ornamental, on a gable that hides the slope of the roof and becomes a parapet. [50] [51] Fusuma An opaque partition consisting of a cloth or paper sheet over a wood framework, commonly seen in traditional Japanese architecture. Fusuma are ...
Cross hipped: The result of joining two or more hip roof sections together, forming a T or L shape for the simplest forms, or any number of more complex shapes. Satari: A Swedish variant on the monitor roof; a double hip roof with a short vertical wall usually with small windows, popular from the 17th century on formal buildings.
In steel construction, the term purlin typically refers to roof framing members that span parallel to the building eave, [5] and support the roof decking or sheeting. The purlins are in turn supported by rafters or walls. Purlins are most commonly used in Steel Framed Building Systems, where Z-shapes are utilized in a manner that allows ...
العربية; Azərbaycanca; تۆرکجه; 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Boarisch; Чӑвашла
Please see Glossary of engineering for a broad overview of the major concepts of engineering. Most of the terms listed in glossaries are already defined and explained within itself. However, glossaries like this one are useful for looking up, comparing and reviewing large numbers of terms together.
A roof (pl.: roofs or rooves) is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the building or on uprights, providing protection against rain, snow, sunlight, extremes of temperature, and wind. [1]
In addition to the technical terms used by roofers, there are names for tiles used for finishing, decoration, and waterproofing of roofs. Here are the main terms to better understand the language of architects, builders, or roofers. Hip: protruding line formed by the intersection of two roof slopes. Brisé: the lower part of a Mansard roof.
A mansard roof on the Château de Dampierre, by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, great-nephew of François Mansart. A mansard or mansard roof (also called French roof or curb roof) is a multi-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper, and often punctured by dormer windows.