quoining
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[edit]Noun
[edit]quoining (usually uncountable, plural quoinings)
- (architecture) The architectural elements, such as stone or brick, that form a quoin.
- 2007 June 24, Christopher Gray, “A Preservation Handbook in a Few Short Blocks”, in New York Times[1]:
- Instead of inserting a straight vertical gap all the way up, he has staggered it so it looks like old-fashioned quoining.
Verb
[edit]quoining
- present participle and gerund of quoin