About us
Define
Definitions for
"Skewback"
Keywords:
arch
,
brickwork
,
abutment
,
slanting
,
joins
Related Terms:
Impost
,
Arch
,
Flying buttress
,
Spandrel
,
Vaulting
,
Corbel arch
,
Arcade
,
Vault
,
Buttress
,
Rib
,
Jack arch
,
Relieving arch
,
Respond
,
Squinch
,
Pendentive
,
Centering
,
Counterfort
,
Pier
,
Vaulted ceiling
,
Footing
,
Vaulted
,
Ribbed vault
,
Springer
,
Lateral support
,
Rib vault
,
Batter
,
Pedestal
,
Extrados
,
Corbel
,
Intrados
,
Foundation
,
Groin vault
,
Plinth
,
Pillar
,
Grade beam
,
Trumeau
,
Archivolt
,
Blind arcade
,
Archivolt
,
Socle
,
Waler
,
Bressumer
,
Barrel vault
,
Keystone
,
Footings
,
Bridging
,
Haunch
,
Pilaster
,
Floor joists
,
Bond beam
The angle, measured from the horizontal, at which the outer bricks of a Flat Arch rest on the support brickwork
brickcutting.net
Lowest block of an arch, its underside is the springing (c/f).
skhs.org.au
The surface on which the arch joins the supporting abutment.
bia.org
The inclined surface on which the arch joins the supporting wall. For jack arches the skewback is indicated by a horizontal dimension.
masonryinstitute.com
Slanting surface that supports either end of a segmental arch.
View 2 more results