Parts of a Castle - Glossary of Terms |
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| Palisade | A sturdy wooden fence usually built to enclose a site until a permanent stone wall can be constructed.
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| Palmette | Looped like a palm-leaf. |
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| Parados | Low wall in inner side of main wall. |
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| Parapet | Low wall on outer side of main wall.
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| Pediment | Low-pitched gable over porticos, doors, windows.
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| Peel | A small tower; typically, a fortified house on the border.
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| Pellet | Circular boss. |
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| Perpendicular | English architectural style (1330-1540).
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| Petit appareil | Small cubical stonework. |
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| Pier | Support for arch, usually square. |
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| Pilaster | Shallow pier used to buttress a wall.
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| Pinnacle | Ornamental crowning spire, tower, etc.
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| Piscina | Hand basin with drain, usually set against or into a wall. |
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| Pitch | Roof slope. |
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| Pitching | Rough cobbling on floor, as in courtyards.
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| Plinth | Projecting base of wall. |
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| Portcullis | A heavy timber or metal grill that protected the castle entrance and could be raised or lowered from within the castle. It dropped vertically between grooves to block passage or barbican, or to trap attackers. |
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| Postern Gate | A side or less important gate into a castle; usually for peacetime use by pedestrians |
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| Prow | Acute-angled projection. |
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| Puddled | Made waterproof. |
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| Putlog | Beams placed in holes to support a hoarding; horizontal scaffold beam. |
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| Putlog Hole | A hole intentionally left in the surface of a wall for insertion of a horizontal pole. |
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