quoin

Examples

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• The corner had two-foot-wide quoin offsets both ways, a nice touch, unusual these days, the brick corbelling in and out an inch.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The architect designed the building with prominent quoins at each corner to enhance its visual appeal.

• And even more especially any house that includes quoins.

  Blog text (16)

• The funny thing about the quoins.

  Blog text (16)

• There, a Sheela na gig was placed sideways on the quoin, or corner wall.

  Academic text (2000)

• Nothing is as ironic as seeing an EFIS-sided house fluffed with quoins, a feature once designed centuries ago to keep stone corners from leaking, now plastic parts ensuring years of stealthy rot from the inside out.

  Blog text (16)

• Many historic structures feature quoins that showcase the craftsmanship of the builders.

• The new townhouse was built using stone quoins to create a sturdy and attractive exterior.

Synonyms

C

corner

vsquoin

∞ 1.0

The place where two walls or edges meet

is a solid exterior stone or brick forming the building's angled outer junction

Surface Forms

Etymology