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soffit Arch.|ˈsɒfɪt|
Forms: α. 7–8 soffita, 8 sofita; 7 soffeta, 8 sapheta. β. 7 suffito, 7–8 soffito, sofitto; 8 soffeto. γ. 8 schofeet, sopheit, suffete, 8–9 sofite, soffite. δ. 8 sofit, 8– soffit (9 soffet); 8–9 suffit.
[In the α. and β. forms directly a. It. soffitta fem. and soffitto masc., f. sof- (L. sub) under + pa. pple. of figgere to fix. The later forms are prob. after F. soffite.]
The under horizontal face of an architrave or overhanging cornice; the under surface of a lintel, vault, or arch; a ceiling.
α1613–39I. Jones in Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) I. 39 The Soffita of the Corona of the Cornice. a1668R. Lassels Voy. Italy (1670) ii. 103 The Soffita or roof of this Church most richly guilt. 1703[R. Neve] City & C. Purchaser 236 Sapheta's, the Boards over the tops of Windows, opposite to the Window-boards at the bottom. 1703in Jrnl. Derby. Archæol. Soc. III. 33 For carving 16 roses in the Sofitas of the hanging square of the Capitalls.
β1664Evelyn tr. Freart's Archit. v. 20 Those great Roses of the Sofitto or Eves of the Corona. 1710J. Harris Lex. Techn. II, Sofitto, is the Italian Term in Architecture, for the Eaves of the Corona of the Capital of a Column. 1776G. Semple Building in Water 67 Five Feet from the Soffeto of the Center Arch. Ibid. 107.
γ1725W. Halfpenny Sound Building 13 To draw the two different Edges of a Twisted Schofeet. 1739C. Labelye Piers Westm. Bridge 77 The chamfered Joints in the Suffetes of the Arches. 1751― Westm. Br. 77 Some of their Stones both in the Fronts and their Sopheits were split. 1755T. H. Croker Orl. Fur. xlii. lxxvii, The lofty columns..Which the soffites with gems adorned upheld. 1823Rutter Fonthill 71 The lower part or soffite of the Oriel is exquisitely finished. 1842Gwilt Encycl. Archit. §2285 Backs, elbows, and sofites to windows. a1878Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. (1879) I. 280 A rib dropping down a little from the arched soffite.
δ1728Chambers Cycl., Soffito, or Sofit, in Architecture, any Plafond or Ceiling, form'd of cross Beams, or flying Cornices. 1751J. Stuart in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 389 The Suffit of the Architrave, and Base of the Pilasters. 1807Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) II. 88 The window cills or seats, and the soffits above. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Builder 428 The section of the soffit..is some part of a circle. 1847Ld. Lindsay Christian Art I. 124 The first cupola and the suffits of the two arches intervening between it and the second. 1883Specif. Alnwick & Cornhill Rlwy. 3 In the arches the soffit is to be pointed with the best Portland cement.
attrib.1833Loudon Encycl. Archit. §755 The soffit boarding. 1851Ruskin Stones Ven. I. xxviii. 326 We do not look for the soffit decoration. |