chaptrel

[chap-truhl]

noun Architecture.

a capital, as on a pilaster or vaulting shaft, engaged in masonry on one or more sides.

a small capital.

Origin:
1670–80; chapter + -el < Latin -ellum diminutive suffix

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Chaptrel is always a great word to know.

So is fascia. Does it mean:

a projecting element of a fa?ade, used especially at the center or at each end and usually treated so as to suggest a tower

any relatively broad, flat, horizontal surface, such as the outer edge of a cornice or a stringcourse

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