Glossary of Architectural and Building Terminology - E
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Early-English - The Early-English style was a development from Norman architecture in which Norman techniques were refined to produce the first Gothic elements.
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Earth Table - The earth table is the lowest course of stones visible in a building; the ground table.
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Easement - An easement is a curved member used instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.
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Eaves - The eaves are the edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof.
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Eaves Board - An eaves board is an arris fillet, or a thick board with a feather edge, nailed across the rafters at the eaves of a building, to raise the lower course of slates a little, or to receive the lowest course of tiles.
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Eaves Moulding - An eaves moulding is a moulding immediately below the eaves, acting as a cornice or part of a cornice.
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Echinus - Echinus refers to the rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. The term is also applied to the quarter- round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style and sometimes to the egg and anchor or egg and dart moulding, because that ornament is often identified with the Roman Doric capital.
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Edge Moulding - An edge moulding is a moulding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in an angle.
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Egg and Anchor - The egg and anchor is an egg-shaped ornament, alternating with another in the form of a dart, used to enrich the ovolo.
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Eggshell Finish - Eggshell finish is a painter's term for a finish which is not completely matt, but has a slight sheen.
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Elbow - The term elbow describes a sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any panelled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back.
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Embrasure - An embrasure is a splay of a door or window.
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Emplecton - Emplection is a kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.
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Encarpus - An encarpus is an ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.
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Entablature - The entablature is that part of a structure which is immediately above the column; also the distinguishing feature of the Greek styles. There are five distinct orders of entablature - Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite. The entablature is composed of three parts - the architrave, a stone or marble slab, the prototype of which was the square timber beam of the primitive structure; the frieze or middle member, subdivided into its minor parts; and the cornice, which, with its mouldings and ornaments, is the superior projection of the structure.
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Entasis - An entasis is a slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column. Entasis is deliberately introduced into columns to correct the optical illusion whereby the columns appear to be concave
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Entresol - An entresol is a low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story, like a mezzanine.
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Epitithides - The epitithides is the uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.
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Equilateral Arch - An equilateral arch is an arch with a pointed crown, very similar to a tiers-point arch, but taller so that the thrust occurs at the base of the sides where they meet the base
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Estrade - An estrade is a portion of the floor of a room raised above the general level, as a place for a bed or a throne.
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Exedra - An exedra is the projection of any part of a building in a rounded form or any out- of-door seat in stone, large enough for several persons; especially one of a curved form.
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Extrados - An extrados is the exterior curve of an arch; especially, the upper curved face of the whole body of voussoirs.
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