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Crinkle crankle wall - Wikipedia
A crinkle crankle wall, also known as a crinkum crankum, sinusoidal, serpentine, ribbon or wavy wall, is an unusual type of structural or garden wall
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A crinkle crankle wall (a/k/a serpentine wall) uses fewer bricks and ...
The point should be made that the reason it uses fewer bricks is that the curve provides stability, meaning only one row of bricks is needed ...
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The Crinkle-Crankle Wall Explained | Blog - ALCO Properties
Wiggly walls, also known as “crinkle crankle” walls, is a type of garden wall that is build in a unique snake-like shape.
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crinkle-crankle
ˈcrinkle-ˈcrankle, n., a. and adv. Chiefly dial. [Frequentative reduplication of crankle: cf. cringle-crangle.] A. n. A winding in and out, a zigzag, sinuosity.1598 Florio, Sinuoso..that is full of creekes, bosomes, or crinkle-crankles. 1620 Thomas Lat. Dict., Sinuosus..that hath many turnings..full...
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Crinkle Crankle: The Serpentine Wall With a Funny Name
A crinkle crankle wall is a type of brickwork that uses less bricks than a traditional wall. The bricks are laid in a zig-zag pattern, which ...
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[PDF] Crinkle Crankle Walls - Masonry Advisory Council
We need this type of masonry to reemerge! What is a crinkle crankle wall? This is the term for a brick serpentine garden wall also called a ribbon wall, wavy ...
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Crinkle crankle wall
The phrase "crinkle crankle" is an ablaut reduplication, defined as something with bends and turns, first attested in 1598 (though "crinkle" and "crankle In Lymington, Hampshire, there are at least two examples of crinkle crankle walls.
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Garden Design Basics: Wavy bricks- The Reason For Serpentine ...
Crinkle Crankle walls have curving lines following a serpentine path rather than a straight line. This layout gives the construction added strength.
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Crinkle Crankle Walls, What Are They? - RuralHistoria
Crinkle crankle walls, with their distinctive serpentine shape, are an intriguing and unique aspect of landscape architecture, primarily found in the United ...
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If You See a Wavy Brick Wall, This is What It Means
Serpentine "crinkle crankle" walls are an aesthetic, thrifty, ancient idea that deserves a second look.
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Discovering Crinkle Crankle Walls and Their History - TikTok
Meet the fascinating crinkle crankle walls! Introduced to England in the early 17th century by the Dutch, these walls have a distinctive serpentine structure.
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Curious Questions: What is a crinkle-crankle wall? - Country Life
It is what is known as a crinkle-crankle wall, defined by Nikolaus Pevsner in his Architectural Glossary (2010) as 'a garden wall undulating in a series of ...
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cringle-crangle
† cringle-crangle, a., adv. and n. Obs. exc. dial. [Frequentative reduplication of crangle; cf. crinkle-crankle.] A. adj. Winding in and out, twisted, having twists and turns. Also advb.1606 Chapman Gentl. Usher Plays 1873 I. 261 The busky groues..With cringle-crangle hornes do ring alowd. 1781 J. H...
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Geldeston
Geldeston is home to a crinkle crankle wall (located close to the village green), which are found most commonly in Suffolk.
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crankle
▪ I. crankle, v. (ˈkræŋk(ə)l) Also 7 cranckle. [Frequentative of crank v.1; in use from c 1600, but app. never very common. Cf. crinkle.] 1. intr. To bend in and out, to wind, twist; ‘to run in flexures and windings’ (J.); to run zig-zag.1598 Florio, Serpicolato, turning, winding, crankling in and o...
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