sconcheon

scon·cheon

[skon-chuhn]
noun Architecture.
the reveal of a window or doorway from the frame to the inner face of the wall.


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

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