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sconcheon
[ skon-chuhn ]
noun
, Architecture.
- 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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