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rear-arch
rear-arch Arch. Also rere-. [f. rear- + arch.] The inner arch of a window- or door-opening, when differing in size or form from the external arch. (Cf. rear-vault.) Also attrib.1849 Freeman Archit. 343 By these two means the splay and the distinct rear-arch are abolished. 1860 G. E. Street in Archæo... Oxford English Dictionary
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rere-arch
rere-arch variant of rear-arch. Oxford English Dictionary
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St Peter's Church, Selsey
The east window is of three trefoil-headed lights with Perpendicular tracery, perhaps late 14th century; the rear-arch may be that of a former lancet triplet lancets with segmental rear-arches, and a priest's doorway with plain pointed exterior arch, 13th century but much repaired with cement, and segmental rear-arch wikipedia.org
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rear-
rear- comb. form, partly of OF. or AF. origin, as in rear-ward, -guard, rearsupper (and hence by analogy in rear-admiral, -feast, -freight), partly ad. F. arrière-, as in rear-vassal, -vault, and partly (from c 1600) an attributive use of rear n.3 In recent use the older spelling rere- has sometimes... Oxford English Dictionary
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scoinson
scoinson Arch. (ˈskɔɪnsən) [Refashioned form of scuncheon, after its source, OF. escoin{cced}on.] Used attrib. in scoinson arch = rear-arch; also in scoinson shaft.1842 Willis Arch. Nomencl. Mid. Ages 57 The ‘pilastres des écoinsons’ of Roubo, correspond exactly in position to the mediæval 'scoinson... Oxford English Dictionary
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