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tremie (iou) and squinch(1) (iou)


tremie (iou)



tremie noun. E20.
[French tremie from Old French tremuie (mill-)hopper, from Latin trimodia a three-peck measure, from tri- three + modius peck.]
Engineering. A movable metal tube, widening at its upper end into a large hopper, for depositing concrete under water.

squinch(1) (iou)



squinch noun1. L15.
[Alt. of SCUNCH.]
Architecture.
A stone cut to serve as a scuncheon. L15.
A straight or arched support constructed across an interior angle of a square tower to carry a superstructure. M19.
A small structure, with two triangular faces, sloping back from an angle of a tower against the superimposed side of a spire. M19.