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<br />Clapboard - A long thin board graduating in thickness with the thick overlapping the thin edges; <br />also known as weatherboard. <br /> <br />Colonnade - A row of columns supporting a roof structure. <br /> <br />Column - A vertical support, usually cylindrical, consisting of a base, shaft and capital, either <br />monolithic or built-up drums the full diameter of the shaft. <br /> <br />Coping - The capping or top course of a wall, sometimes protecting the wall from weather. <br /> <br />Corbel - A type of bracket found in some cornices of brick buildings. It is formed by extending <br />successive courses of brick so that they stand out from the wall surface. <br /> <br />Cornice - The third and uppermost division of an entablature, resting on the friezed and <br />projecting out from it. <br /> <br />Cupola - A lookout or similar small structure on the top of a building. <br /> <br />Dormer - A vertically framed window which projects from a sloping roof and has a roof of its <br />own. <br /> <br />Double-hung Window - A window with an upper and low sash arranged so that each slides <br />vertically past the other. <br /> <br />Eaves - The overhang at the lower edge of the roof which usually projects out over the wall. <br /> <br />Elephantine Posts (Columns) - heavy-looking posts with broad base and tapered top, used as <br />porch supports on Bungalows style residences. <br /> <br />Elevation - A two dimensional representation or drawings of an exterior face of a building in its <br />entirety. <br /> <br />Fa!(ade - The exterior face of a building which is the architectural front, sometimes <br />distinguished from other faces by elaboration of architectural or ornamental details. <br /> <br />Fascia - A flat strip or band with a small projection, often found near the roofline in a single- <br />story building. <br /> <br />Fixed Window - Window with glass held in a frame that does not open. <br /> <br />French Casement - A pair of casement windows that swing inward and are fastened by and <br />espagnolette. Also known as French window. <br /> <br />French Door - A French casement that extends to the floor so that it can be used as a door; <br />most common for access to balconies. <br /> <br />Gable - The triangular part of an exterior wall, created by the angle of a pitched roof. <br /> <br />Hip Roof - A roof with four uniformly pitched sides. <br />63 <br /> <br />Ib\J-/U <br />