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angle shaft

angle shaft noun: an enriched or decorated angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both.

Noun

angle shaft (plural angle shafts)

  1. An enriched or decorated angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both.
    • The bartizans have each a peculiar angle shaft on the outer face, which mitres into the string-course at bottom, and probably supported a shield with coat of arms or a crest or other ornament rising above the parapet1887, David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross., The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century

Forms of angle shaft

pluralangle shafts

Questions about angle shaft

What does angle shaft mean?
Angle shaft means an enriched or decorated angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both.
What part of speech is angle shaft?
Angle shaft is a noun.
What is the plural of angle shaft?
The plural of angle shaft is angle shafts.

Words near angle shaft in the dictionary

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  4. angle quote
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  6. angle shaft
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  8. angle shoot
  9. angle shooter
  10. angle shooters
  11. angle shooting

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