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Quoins

Scope note

Stones helping to form the corner of a wall of masonry, especially when accentuated by a difference in the surface treatment from that of the rest of the wall mass. RS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30002748

Equivalent Terms used

quoin

Created

13yrs ago

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