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- RABBEY
:
- semi-groove cut longitudinally on the outer edge of a plank to receive other timber
required to fit it.
- RAFTER
:
- the timbers between the principals and intermediates lying on the purlins, they support
the boarding and outer roof.
- RAPE
:
- the Sussex equivalent of a "hundred".
- REEVE
:
- term covering various officials: baliffs, stewards, churchwardens, parish overseers,
the chiefmagistrate of a town or district, etc.
- RELIEF
:
- fee paid by the heir of a deceased person on securing possession of a fief. Tradition
determines the amount demanded.
- RELIEVING ARCH
:
- arch built in wall to relieve thrust on another opening.
- REREDOS
:
- carved or decorative screen behind altar.
- RETICULATED
:
- in tracery, a honeycomb or net pattern.
- RETROCHOIR
:
- eastern space behind high altar.
- REVET
:
- face with a layer of stone, stone slabs, etc, for more strength. Some earth mottes
were revetted with stone.
- RIB VAULTING
:
- arched roof with ribs of raised moulding at the groins.
- RIDGE-RIB
:
- the stone or timber placed at the apex of the gable either in a vault or a timber
roof.
- RING of an ARCH
:
- each right-angled moulding of an arch forms a ring of the arch, which may be plain
or moulded in sections.
- ROMANESQUE
:
- in England, usually termed 'Norman.'
- ROOD
:
- crucifix with attendant figures of Mary and John. The Rood beam was used to support
these figures.
- RUBBLE
:
- uncut stone, or only roughly shaped stone, for walling.
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