Visual Dictionary

Question 1

Wedge shaped. Serving to lock other voussoirs in place

Answer 1

Keystone

Question 2

Exterior curve in an arch

Answer 2

Extrados

Question 3

Inner curve or surface of an arch

Answer 3

Intrados

Question 4

Height of an arch from springing line

Answer 4

Rise

Question 5

First voussoir sitting on the impost of an arch

Answer 5

Springer

Question 6

Point which an arch rises from its support

Answer 6

Spring

Question 7

Wedge shape units in a masonry arch or vault

Answer 7

Voussoir

Question 8

Semicircular intrados

Answer 8

Roman Arch

Question 9

Arch struck from one or more centers below the springing line

Answer 9

Segmental arch

Question 10

Three centered arch having cusped intrados

Answer 10

Trefoil

Question 11

A pointed arch having two centers and radii equal to the span

Answer 11

Equilateral arch

Question 12

Arch having two centers and radii greater than the span

Answer 12

Lancet arch

Question 13

Pointed arch having two centers less than the span

Answer 13

Drop arch

Question 14

Four centered arch having an inner pair of curves with a radius much greater than that of the outer pair

Answer 14

Tudor arch

Question 15

Pointed arch, each haunch of which is a double curved

Answer 15

Ogee arch

Question 16

A furnace or oven for burning

Answer 16

Kiln

Question 17

A brick laid horizontally in a wall with the longer is exposed

Answer 17

Stretcher

Question 18

A brick laid horizontally in a wall with the shorter exposed

Answer 18

Header

Question 19

Brickwork composed of overlapping stretchers

Answer 19

Running bond

Question 20

Brickwork bond having alternate courses of headers and stretchers

Answer 20

English bond

Question 21

Brickwork bond having alternating headers and stretchers in each course

Answer 21

Flemish Bond

Question 22

Design proportioning and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building

Answer 22

Fenestration

Question 23

Principal facade, or a part or feature of a facade that is highlighted by ornamentation

Answer 23

Frontspiece

Question 24

Sunken area affording access air, light to a basement door or window

Answer 24

Areaway

Question 25

Raised platform, approached by steps and sometimes having a roof

Answer 25

Stoop

Question 26

Exterior appendage to a building forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway

Answer 26

Porch

Question 27

A large open porch usually roofed and party enclosed by usually a railing

Answer 27

Veranda

Question 28

A veranda especially a fully furnished one used as a living room

Answer 28

Lanai

Question 29

An open skylit court in a building having a glass roof and surrounded by several stories of galleries

Answer 29

Atrium

Question 30

Area open to the sky and mostly or entirely surrounded by walls or buildings

Answer 30

Court

Question 31

A court adjacent to or within a building especially enclosed on all four sides

Answer 31

Courtyard

Question 32

A courtyard especially of a house enclosed by low buildings or walls

Answer 32

Patio

Question 33

Freestanding roofing structure usually open on the sides

Answer 33

Gazebo

Question 34

Frame supporting latticework used as a screen or support for growing vines or plants

Answer 34

Trellis

Question 35

Structure of crossed strips arranged to form a regular pattern of open spaces

Answer 35

Lattice

Question 36

Small often ornamental building in a garden

Answer 36

Pavillon

Question 37

Structure of parallel colonnades supporting an open roof of beams and crossing rafters or trelliswork

Answer 37

Pergola