| 单词 | cantilever cornice |
| 释义 | > as lemmascantilever cornice 1. Architecture. A kind of bracket or support of stone, wood, or iron, whose length is many times its breadth and more than twice its depth, which projects from the wall of a building for the support of a balcony, the upper members of a cornice, eaves of a house, etc.; also attributive, as in cantilever cornice, cantilever principle. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > other supporting members studeOE bracket1574 prick post1587 cantilever?1677 stud piece1799 squinch1840 main couple1842 veranda pillar1852 porch post1871 mushroom1907 poupou1921 ?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 71 For Candilivers about eighteen inches deep and eight inches broad, handsomly carved with flowers. 1740 P. Pineda New Dict., Spanish & Eng. (new ed.) Can, a dog..In architecture, the end of timber or stone jutting out of a wall, on which in old buildings the beams used to rest, called Cantilevers. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 311 Wainscot Galleries round it, sustained by Cantilevers. 1869 Latest News 26 Sept. 14 A plan..for widening London Bridge by..forming footways upon cantilevers and brackets external to the road. 1880 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 421 Each architrave, each niche within the wall, Each cantilever, moulding, tooth or ball. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Dec. 11/2 The cantilever principle in its first development. < as lemmas |
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