quoin

[Quoin]

A quoin is an angle at the outside corner of a building. You can call the corner itself a quoin, or use the word for the special stones or bricks that reinforce corners of brick or stone buildings.

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Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.

Noun
(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

Noun
the keystone of an arch

Noun
expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase

n.
Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.

n.
A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes

n.
to support and steady a stone.

n.
To support the breech of a cannon.

n.
To wedge or lock up a form within a chase.

n.
To prevent casks from rolling.

Quoin

Quoin , n. [See Coin, and cf. Coigne.] 1. (Arch.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked. &hand; In stone, the quoins consist of blocks larger than those used in the rest of the building, and cut to dimension. In brickwork, quoins consist of groups or masses of brick laid together, and in a certain imitation of quoins of stone. 2. A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes, as: (a) (Masonry) to support and steady a stone. (b) (Gun.) To support the breech of a cannon. (c) (Print.) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase. (d) (Naut.) To prevent casks from rolling. Hollow quoin. See under Hollow. -- Quoin post (Canals), the post of a lock gate which abuts against the wall.

Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.

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