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midwall Arch.|ˈmɪdwɔːl|
[f. mid a. + wall.]
Used attrib. in midwall shaft, a shaft or baluster, placed in the middle of the thickness of the wall, in an early type of English belfry windows.
1880Freeman in Macm. Mag. No. 246. 453, I doubt whether a midwall shaft is to be found between the Avon and Exmoor. 1893C. Hodges in Reliquary Jan. 17 The midwall shafts, which are slightly barrel-shaped, are ten inches in diameter. |