| 单词 | cushion capital |
| 释义 | > as lemmascushion capital cushion capital n. Architecture (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > capital > types of cushioned capitala1771 cushion capital1835 lotus capital1837 dosseret1865 1835 Whewell Archit. Notes German Ch. 55 Cushion capitals..consist of large cubical masses projecting considerably over the shaft of the column, and rounded off at the lower corners. 1876 W. Papworth Gwilt's Encycl. Archit. (rev. ed.) Gloss. 1227 Cushion Capital, a capital used in Romanesque and early Mediæval architecture, resembling a cushion pressed down by a weight. It is also a cap consisting of a cube rounded off at its lower angles, largely used in the Norman period. < as lemmas |
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