quoin
IPA: kwɔɪn
noun
- Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.
- The keystone of an arch.
- (printing, historical) A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place.
- (obsolete, nautical) A form of wedge used to prevent casks from moving
- (firearms) A wedge of wood or iron put under the breech of heavy guns or the muzzle of siege-mortars to raise them to the proper level.
- (horticulture) A number of apple varieties with a distinctive ribbed appearance, like corners of a coin.
verb
- (transitive) To wedge or steady with quoins.
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Examples of "quoin" in Sentences
- Corners are articulated with brick quoins.
- The building is of flint with ashlar quoins.
- Elevation was by quoin or wedge and by screw.
- C17 rusticated brick quoin exposed on south front.
- Rustic quoins turn the east and west corners of the facade.
- It has a corbeled cornice and the only quoins in the district.
- The windows and the quoins are of finely cut ashlar sandstone.
- Generally, a quoin is a wedge, used to support or anchor other items.
- It was celebrated as far north as Freeport and as far south as Du Quoin.
- His initials can be seen on one of the quoin stones to the right outside.
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