| 单词 | blocking course |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblocking course blocking course n. Architecture a slightly projecting plain course of brick or stone, typically at the base or top of a building, sometimes holding the cornice of a classical entablature in place. ΘΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > ornaments on pediments or cornices crotchetc1394 crocket1677 vessel1704 vase1706 blocking-course1761 acroter1829 crocketing1851 1683 St. Paul's Cathedral Building Accts. July–Sept. in Wren Soc. (1936) 13 154 The Rubble above the Blocking Course in the Spandrells of the two 19 foot Arches. 1730 E. Oakley Mag. Archit., Perspective, & Sculpt. ii. 63 Entablatures are sometimes crown'd or finished on the Top with a Blocking Course, a Ballustrade or Attick Order, on which are placed Statues or vases, &c. 1832 Libr. Fine Arts Feb. 144 The French critics do not hesitate to allow the unhappy interruption of the basement blocking course by an arched opening in the centre of the colonnade front. 1973 A. Scully James Dakin, Architect vi. 74/2 The flat roof was crowned with a blocking course. 2002 Britannia 33 72 Bolsters set upon a deep blocking course over an elaborate cornice. < as lemmas |
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