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Kneelers (gable components)

Scope note

Shaped building stones, with a flat bottom and sloping top, cut to conform to and support the copings of gables; for the more general meaning of blocks of stone placed in masonry walls to distribute the loads of beams, use "padstones."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30002323

Broader Terms used

<gable components>

Equivalent Terms used

kneeler (gable component)

Created

13yrs ago

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