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Dormer
Window projecting from the slope of a roof.
Dormer head
Gable above a
dormer
(window projecting from the slope of a roof), often formed as a pediment.
Dorter
The dormitory of an abbey or monastery, traditionally placed in the east range off the
cloister
.
Dosseret
London
An isolated section of
entablature
above a column or pilaster.
Double-framed
Of a roof: with longitudinal members such as
purlins
above the springing of the
rafters
. Compare
single-framed
.
Double chamfer
A
chamfer
(surface formed by cutting off a square edge) applied to each of two recessed arches.
Double pile
A row of rooms two deep.
Dragon beam
In a timber-framed building, a beam set diagonally at the corner to carry the joists where two
jetties
or projecting storeys meet.
Dressings
The stone or brickwork worked to a finished face about an angle, opening, or other feature.
Dripstone
Moulded stone projecting from a wall to protect the lower parts from water; when over an opening, called a
hoodmould
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