| 单词 | skew-stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasskew-stone 2. attributive, as skew-corbel, skew-put, skew-stone, skew-table.Parker appears to have formed skew-table out of scutable, which is given by J. T. Smith Antiq. Westm. (1807) 207 in a translated document of 1330; on the same page occurs sencrestes, which may be a misreading of scu-crestes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > for roofing > specific pieces of skew1278 ridge stone1788 barge-stones1833 skew-stone1833 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > pediment > on gable end of roof > specific part skew-corbel1833 skew-put1833 skew1845 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §947 The gables are to be slated over, and the skew-stones (the coping-stones of the gables, called barge-stones in England) are to be laid over the slates, but to project 3 inches over..the walls. 1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) 340 Skew-table was probably the course of stone weathered, or sloped, on the top, placed over a continuous set-off in a wall. 1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. , Skew-corbel Skew-put, a stone built into the bottom of a gable to support the coping above. 1851 T. H. Turner Some Acct. Domest. Archit. I. ii. 31 The spring stones or skew-tables of the gables. < as lemmas |
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