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2. Portcullis - Wikipedia

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   A portcullis (from Old French porte coleice 'sliding gate') is a heavy, vertically closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications. [1] A portcullis gate is constructed of a latticed grille, made of wood or metal or both, which slides down grooves inset within each jamb of the gateway.

3. Shoji - Wikipedia

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   Conrad Totman argues that deforestation was a factor in the style changes, including the change from panelled wooden sliding doors to the lightweight covered-frame shoji and fusuma. [ 100 ] A core part of the style was the shoin ("library" or "study"), a room with a desk built into an alcove containing a shoji window, in a monastic style; [ 94 ...

4. File:Wooden gate with cross, Aulhausen.jpg - Wikipedia

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   English: Wooden gate with a wooden cross at its center in a high wall behind Marienkirche, Aulhausen. The opening is lined by two high stonepiers . The opening is lined by two high stonepiers . The plaster of the wall is stained and withered

5. Category:Types of gates - Wikipedia

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6. Guillotine lock - Wikipedia

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   These gates are made of wooden boards and date from 1814. A guillotine lock is a type of canal lock . The lock itself operates on the same principle as any normal pound lock , but is unusual in that each gate is a single piece, usually of steel , that slides vertically upwards when opened to allow a boat to traverse underneath.

7. Kumiko (woodworking) - Wikipedia

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   The designs for kumiko-pieces aren't chosen randomly. Many of the nearly 200 patterns used today have been around since the Edo era (1603-1868). Each design has a meaning or is mimicking a pattern in nature that is thought to be a good omen. The patterns are designed to look good, but also to distribute light and wind in a calming and beautiful ...