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Glossary

Frieze
Tiled frieze
The middle member of the classical entablature, sometimes ornamented. Pulvinated frieze (lit. cushioned): of bold convex profile. Also a horizontal band of ornament.
Frontal
Covering for the front of an altar.
Frontispiece
In 16th- and 17th-century buildings, the central feature of doorway and windows above linked in one composition.
Frost-work
A form of rustication (the exaggerated treatment of masonry to give an effect of strength), treated like icicles or stalactites; also called glaciation.
Full cruck
A type of timber construction in which curving paired members (blades) rise from ground level to the apex of the roof, serving as the main elements of a roof truss.