Dictionary of Moisture Protection & Restoration

lancet arch = A sharply pointed two- centered arch whose centers of curvature are much farther apart than the with of the arch; an acute arch.

leaf and dart = In Greek architecture, a pattern of alterna- tive conventionalized deltoid and lanceolate leaves, applied to cyma reversa.

Leaf and dart

Lombard style = Northern Italian pre- Romanesque architecture in the 7 th and 8 th cent., during the rule of Lombards, based on Early Christian and Roman forms.

Lombard style

mansard roof = A roof having a double slope on all four sides, the lower slope being much steeper. (USA) same as gambrel roof.

mansard roof

marquee, marquise = A permanent roof-like shelter over an entrance to a building.

marquee

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