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FENETRE CINTRE SURBAISSE [1 record]

Record 1 2015-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
CONT

segment-headed: topped by a segmental arch (a segment-headed window).

OBS

segmental: of an arch: centered below the springing and having an intrados which forms the segment of a circle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
OBS

Sous Louis XIV, les fenêtres sont grandes, se terminent en plein cintre, en cintre surbaissé, ou même sont tout à fait rectangulaires.

OBS

Les fenêtres rectangulaires sont dites cintrées, en plein cintre, etc., quand leur linteau est une portion de cercle [...]

OBS

Le cintre surbaissé [...] a son centre au-dessous de la naissance de l'arc.

OBS

[arc] surbaissé

Spanish

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