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Glossary

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.