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Lantern
Circular or polygonal windowed turret crowning a roof or a dome. Also the windowed stage of a crossing tower lighting a church interior.
Lantern cross
Churchyard cross with lantern-shaped top.
Lattice girder
A girder with braced framework.
Lavatorium
In an abbey or monastery, a washing place adjacent to the
refectory
or dining hall.
Lean-to
A single sloping roof built against a vertical wall; also applied to the part of the building beneath.
Ledger slab
A monolithic slab laid flat over a grave or tomb.
Lesene
(lit. a mean thing): A pilaster without base or capital. Also called a
pilaster strip
.
Liernes
Short decorative ribs in the upper part of a vault, not linked to any springing point; hence
lierne vault
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Light
Compartment of a window defined by the uprights or
mullions
.
Limewashing
Wall covering of a thin layer of lime plaster.
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