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Dais: Raised area where the lord's chair is positioned
Daub: Mud and clay covering as in wattle and daub
Day Stairs: Stairs usually leading from the cloister to the dorter (sleeping hall).
Decorated: The name used to denote the architecture style between 1275 and 1350 (+/- 25 years) (More...)
Diaper: Pattern of diamonds or squares
Dog-Tooth Moulding: An ornimental moulding used in the 13th Century in English Cathedrals, conisting of a series of pyramidal projections, each having for leaves
Donjon: Inner stronghold or keep of the castle
Dormer window: Window with a gable that projects from a sloping roof
Dovecote: Building where pigeons and doves were raised.
Drawbridge: The wooden bridge of a gateway that can be raised or lowered for defence
Dressings: The stones used for corners or angles and are worked to a smooth finish
Dripstone: A projecting moulding over doors, windows etc. used to throw off the rain
Dungeon: The prison
Early English: The term used to denote the style of architecture between 1190 and 1275 (More...)
Eaves: The underneath part of a sloping roof that overhangs a wall
Effigy: A stone, wood, marble etc. carved likeness of a person.
Embattled: Battlements with crenelations (indentations).
Embrasure: A small opening in battlements used as lookout posts
Encaustic Tiles: Tiles used in medieval cathedrals having the patterns burnt into them
Enciente: An enclosure; the fortified area of a castle
Engaged Shaft or Column: A shaft or column partly set into another shaft or column or wall
Extrados: The curved upper or outer surface of an arch
Facade: The face or principal front of a building
Fan-Vault: A conchoidal type of vault in which length and curvature of all the ribs are the same
Feretory: The shrines containing the sacred relics of saints
Finial: Leaf decoration on top of a gable or bench-end
Floriated: Decorated with flowers shaped ornaments. Tracery term
Flying Buttress: A free-standing buttress linked to the building by part of a arch to provide strength against the lateral forces
Foliated: Carving with leaves
Forebuilding: A small defendable building on the entrance of a larger building
Fosse: A trench, ditch or moat possibly defensive
Foundations: Underground stone base supporting the building above
Frater: Large common dining room in an abbey. Strict rules of procedure and silence were observed while readings were given.