quoin

English - Turkish

Definition of quoin in English Turkish dictionary: köşe taşı; köşe; takoz; kıskı; duvarın dış köşesi; {i} dizgi çerçeve takozu; özel taşlarla duvar köşesi yapmak; duvar köşesi örmek; harfleri çerçeve içinde takoz ile tutturmak; çerçeve takozu ile tutturmak; köşeye mahsus taş veya tuğla parçası; {i} duvar köşesi; harfleri çerçeve içinde tutmaya mahsus takoz
quoin post: (İnşaat) köşe dikmesi
rustic quoin: rüstik işlenmiş köşe

English - English

Definition of quoin in English English dictionary: Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks; The keystone of an arch; An external angle in a wall or building; A stone, brick or wood block used to accentuate the outside corner of a building; To support the breech of a cannon; {i} external corner or angle of a wall; cornerstone, stone forming the external angle of a wall; In architecture, both the external corner of a building and, more often, one of the stones used to form that corner. These stones are both structural and decorative in that they often differ in jointing, colour, texture, or size from the masonry of the adjoining walls. Usually quoins are toothed (i.e., set in short courses in a regular pattern of alternating lengths). Such construction dates back to ancient Rome; A block of stone forming the external corner of two adjacent walls; one of a series of stones laid at the exterior corners and angles of a building and consisting of contrasting material to that of the wall; dressed stone at the corner of a building; To wedge or lock up a form within a chase; In traditional metal typesetting, a steel wedge-shaped or expanding device used to lock a line of type; A corner reinforcing of cut stone or bricks in a masonry wall; An exterior masonry corner; the keystone of an arch expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase; A structural form, usually of masonry, used at the corners of a building for the purpose of reinforcement, frequently imitated for decorative purposes; Wedge set beneath the breech of a gun and moved in or out to adjust elevation It was eventually superseded by the elevating screw Sometimes spelled coin in contemporary works; Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked; One of a series of blocks or block-like components at the corner of a wall; in a masonry wall, its function is to reinforce the corner; Units of stone or brick used to accentuate the corners of a building; (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone; Cast Stone block used to make up a corner of a wall; a steel wedge-shaped or expandable device used to lock up type or die elements in a chase; A small wedge, usually of wood, used for tightening or locking up forms or galleys in pre-electronic printing; Decorative brick corner; Timber wedge used to secure drums against movement; One of the corner stones of an exterior façade when these are emphasized by size, by more formal cutting, by more conspicuous jointing or by difference in texture; lead type is held in a letterpress chase with these small wedge like pieces of metal; expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase; A wedgelike piece of stone, wood, metal, or other material, used for various purposes To support and steady a stone; To prevent casks from rolling; Dressed stone at angle of building
A quoin: coigne
quoins: The dressed stones at the corners of buildings, usually laid so their faces are alternately large and small Usually in contrasting color of brick from the rest of the wall Common accent in Georgian homes
quoins: Cornerstone or keystone
quoins: dressed stones at the angles of a building Sometimes all the stones are of the same size; more often they are alternately large and small
quoins: plural of quoin
quoins: Squared, heavy stones or brick blocks used at the corners of buildings as decorative elements or to reinforce masonry walls
quoins: Stacks of raised simulated corner blocks used to accent tabby or stucco exterior elevations Quoins can be uniform in size or varied to create specific design effects They can match the house body or accent trim colors