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Definition of: squinch
(skwinch) noun Archit.
A small stone arch or series of arches, or of projecting courses, across an interior angle of a square tower, to support an oblique side of an octagonal spire or lantern. [Alter. of obs. scunch, abbreviation of scuncheon <OF escoinson]
Salisbury Cathedral, England.
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