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  2. Reglet - Wikipedia

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    Reglet detail. A reglet is found on the exterior of a building along a masonry wall, chimney or parapet that meets the roof. It is a groove cut within a mortar joint that receives counter-flashing meant to cover surface flashing used to deflect water infiltration. Reglet can also refer to the counter-flashing itself when it is applied on the ...

  3. Battlement - Wikipedia

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    A battlement, in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at intervals to allow for the launch of arrows or other projectiles from within the defences. [1]

  4. Coping (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    A bridge on the Lancaster Canal, featuring coping stones linked by large metal "staples". Coping (from cope, Latin capa) is the capping or covering of a wall. [1] A splayed or wedge coping is one that slopes in a single direction; a saddle coping slopes to either side of a central high point. [2]

  5. Baluster - Wikipedia

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    Common materials used in its construction are wood, stone, and less frequently metal and ceramic. A group of balusters supporting a handrail, coping, or ornamental detail is known as a balustrade. [1] [2] The term baluster shaft is used to describe forms such as a candlestick, upright furniture support, and the stem of a brass chandelier.

  6. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    A parapet (i.e., a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which rectangular gaps or indentations occur at intervals to allow for the discharge of arrows or other missiles. Bays The internal compartments of a building, each divided from the other by subtle means such as the boundaries implied by divisions marked in the side ...

  7. Coping (joinery) - Wikipedia

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    Coping or scribing is the woodworking technique of shaping the end of a moulding or frame component to neatly fit the contours of an abutting member. Joining tubular members in metalworking is also referred to as a cope, or sometimes a "fish mouth joint" or saddle joint .

  8. Western false front architecture - Wikipedia

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    the front façade of the building "rises to form a parapet (upper wall) which hides most or nearly all of the roof" the roof "is almost always a front gable, though gambrel and bowed roofs are occasionally found" "a better grade of materials is often used on the façade than on the sides or rear of the building" and

  9. Flashing (weatherproofing) - Wikipedia

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    Shaped like a “U” or channel to catch water (e.g., where the edge of a tile roof meets a wall). Through wall flashing Spans the thickness of the wall and directs water to weep holes. Cap flashing (drip cap) Often used above windows and doors. Drip edge A metal used at the edges of a roof. Step flashing (soaker, base flashing)