STANCHION (Fr. etancon, a wooden post)

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STANCHION (Fr. etancon, a wooden post) , an architectural

term

TERM

applied to the upright

iron

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

bars in windows which pass through the eyes of the

saddle

SADDLE (a word common to
Teutonic
- TEUTONIC
- TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
languages, cf. Ger. Sattel, Dut. zadel, also in Russ. siedlo and Lat. sella, for sedla; it is not derived directly from Lat. sedile, which means a chair, but all the words are to be referred to the root sad-, which gives

bars or

horizontal

HORIZONTAL

irons to steady the lead

lights

LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

. The

French

FRENCH
CHESTER
- CHESTER
- CHESTER, EARLS OF
_1850_.html">FRENCH, DANIEL
CHESTER
- CHESTER
- CHESTER, EARLS OF
(1850– )
FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

call

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common
Teutonic
- TEUTONIC
- TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

the latter traverses, the stanchions montants, and the whole arrangement

armature

ARMATURE (from Lat. armatura, armour)

. Stanchions frequently finish with ornamental heads forged out of the

iron

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

.

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