Translations for quoin in the English»French Dictionary

quoin [Brit kɔɪn, kwɔɪn, Am k(w)ɔɪn] N

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quoin

pierre f d'angle

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Besides the quoins, the sills, lintels, and water table are all sandstone as well. en.wikipedia.org

The front (south) facade is trimmed with limestone quoins, beltcourses and architraves. en.wikipedia.org

The old schoolroom is a plain structure, built of gritstone with quoins at the corners and a slate roof. en.wikipedia.org

Larger blocks, or quoins, are featured on the corners of the building. en.wikipedia.org

Even the corners (quoins) are of flint, although these are somewhat larger on the whole than those built into the body of the walls. en.wikipedia.org

The listed building has a slate roof and an eighteenth or early nineteenth-century facade with band courses and quoins. en.wikipedia.org

The next course up will begin with a quoin header. en.wikipedia.org

The rough-faced ashlar masonry features contrasting quoins and belt courses. en.wikipedia.org

The uncrenellated tower is a simple square design with carrstone quoins. en.wikipedia.org

Its first four floors are lightly rusticated; deep quoins carry the rusticated feature up the corners to the boldly projecting top cornice. en.wikipedia.org

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