A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture, illustrated by four hundred and forty woodcuts (1846)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford: J. H. Parker · leaf 143
HEERING-EONE WOEK HIEING. 129 … irregular shapes and sizes : in herring-bone work, by varying the inclination of the stones, it is easy to pre- serve a level : the interior, or backing, of Roman walls, is often of irregular herring-bone work, formed in this way. See Masonry. Heese, a portcullis, so called from its resemblance to…
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