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sconcheon

[ skon-chuhn ]

noun

, Architecture.
  1. the reveal of a window or doorway from the frame to the inner face of the wall.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sconcheon1

1325–75; Middle English sconchon, sconcheon < Old French escoinson corner, cut angle, derivative of coin, cuigne angle; coin

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