hood mould

noun

1. another name for dripstone

Example Sentences

In Saxon doorways, which had semicircular heads, the outer mouldings projected more boldly than in classic examples, and were sometimes cut in a separate ring of stone like the hood mould of later date.

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Two stairs have served the upper story of the church—an early one with carved hood mould of the ninth century to the external door, now blocked up, and a second from the interior, which lands in a vestibule where some early medi�val carvings are arranged.

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The doorways of the early portion of this period had two-centred arches, but the characteristic form is the four-centred, enclosed in a square head, formed by the outer mouldings with a hood mould of the same shape, the spandrels being filled with quatrefoils, roses, shields, etc.

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Over the arches is a hood mould terminating with heads.

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The chancel arch has two orders, recessed square and chamfered, with a plain chamfered hood mould.

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