Vocabulary - architecture

Question 1

pilaster

Answer 1

an upright architectural member that is rectangular in plan and is structurally a pier but architecturally treated as a column and that usually projects a third of its width or less from the wall

Question 2

wicket

Answer 2

1. a small door or gate, especially one beside or in a larger one. 2. (cricket) each of the sets of three stumps with two bails across the top at either end of the pitch, defended by a batsman

Question 3

lee

Answer 3

a shelter

Question 4

finial

Answer 4

a distinctive ornament at the apex of a roof, pinnacle, canopy, or similar structure in a building.

Question 5

quay

Answer 5

a concrete, stone, or metal platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships

Question 6

dacha

Answer 6

a Russian country cottage used especially in the summer.

Question 7

lyceum

Answer 7

1. a hall for public lectures or discussions. 2. : an association providing public lectures, concerts, and entertainments. (a gymnasium in Classical Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus. This original Lyceum is remembered as the location of the peripatetic school of Aristotle.)

Question 8

plinth

Answer 8

a square base or pedestal, or is the square base of a column. An example of a plinth is a pedestal on which you display a sculpture

Question 9

cabana

Answer 9

a cabin, hut, or shelter, especially one at a beach or swimming pool

Question 10

belvedere

Answer 10

A summer house or open-sided gallery, typically at rooftop level

Question 11

duomo

Answer 11

an Italian cathedral.

Question 12

mudroom

Answer 12

a room in a house designed especially for the shedding of dirty or wet footwear and clothing and located typically off the kitchen or in the basement.

Question 13

solarium

Answer 13

a room fitted with extensive areas of glass to admit sunlight.

Question 14

finial

Answer 14

Ornament along the apex of a roof or dome.

Question 15

glazed

Answer 15

glassed exterior wall or ceiling to an open court