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scuncheon

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scun⋅cheon

[skuhn-chuhn]
–noun Architecture.
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; ME sconchon, sconcheon < OF escoinson corner, cut angle, deriv. of coin, cuigne angle; see coin
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