. The American glossary of architectural terms, being a concise and comprehensive compilation of all terms used in the practice of architecture and the building arts. ) CUBICLE - (Same as Chamber.)CUBICULUM )CUDDY. A small ) , , 14. , , , CU-DE-FOUR [ A lmv vai,lted chamber. CUL-DE-SAC. A kind of court, open at oneend only. CULMEN. The ridge-piece of a An arched The central portion of a Romantheatre. (UPBOARD. (Same as closet.) CUPOLA. (Same as Dome.) Particularly usedto designate a small vault rising in a circu-lar or elleptical curve from a circular
. The American glossary of architectural terms, being a concise and comprehensive compilation of all terms used in the practice of architecture and the building arts. ) CUBICLE - (Same as Chamber.)CUBICULUM )CUDDY. A small ) , , 14. , , , CU-DE-FOUR [ A lmv vai,lted chamber. CUL-DE-SAC. A kind of court, open at oneend only. CULMEN. The ridge-piece of a An arched The central portion of a Romantheatre. (UPBOARD. (Same as closet.) CUPOLA. (Same as Dome.) Particularly usedto designate a small vault rising in a circu-lar or elleptical curve from a circular oroctagonal plan. CURB-PLATE. The wail-plate as used on acircular wall. CURB-RAFTER. (See Curb-Roof.) CURB-ROOF. A roof whose external formpartakes of the segment of a circle, therafters of which are segmental or ellipticalin form. CURIA. (Same as Basilica.) CURTAIL-STEP. In early stair-building, thefirst step in a flight of stairs. It de-rived its name from the fact of one endbeing curtailed or reduced in the form of ascroll. CURVE. In geometry, a line partaking of the form of the (Same as Cousinet.)CUSHION-RAFTER. A principal rafter. cus DIR CUSP (Lat.) In Gothic work, the pendantterminations or points formed by the fin-ishing and intersections of the geometricallines by which the trefoil, quatrefoil, cin-quefoil, polyfoil, etc., are described. CYCLOID (Gr.) A circular geometrical figure. CYCLOPEAN (architecture). The massiveconstruction practiced by the early Greeks. CYCLOSTYLAR. A circular range of columns. CYLINDER (Gr.) In geometry, a figure hav-ing a circular plan. CYLINDRICAL ARCH. A circular arch. CYLINDRICAL CEILING. A vault or dome. CYMA ) (Gr.) A classic moulding whose CYMATUM j- section is a curve of contrary CIMA ) flexure, one that is formed by two segments struck from different centres,same as Ogee. CYMB1A. (Same as Bead.) CYPHERING. (Same as Chamfer.) CYZICENE. A hall in an ancient Greek house. I) ADO (Ital.) Properly the body, or solid
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