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[[Image:Quoin printing.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A printer's quoin]] | [[Image:Quoin printing.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A printer's quoin]] | ||
A '''quoin''' is a wedge shaped item used to support or anchor other items. | A '''quoin''' is a wedge shaped item used to support or anchor other items. | ||
| − | *In [[shipping]] terms it refers to a timber block used to secure barrels against movement.<ref> | + | *In [[shipping]] terms it refers to a timber block used to secure barrels against movement.<ref>[http://www.marad.dot.gov/publications/glossary/glossary.html U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration]</ref> Historically, the same item was used at the breech end of a cannon to raise or lower the weapon's trajectory. |
*Quoins in architecture are the corner stones which anchor the edge of the building wall. | *Quoins in architecture are the corner stones which anchor the edge of the building wall. | ||
*Quoins are also wedges used by printers to hold the hand-set type in place. | *Quoins are also wedges used by printers to hold the hand-set type in place. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:32, June 24, 2016
A quoin is a wedge shaped item used to support or anchor other items.
- In shipping terms it refers to a timber block used to secure barrels against movement.[1] Historically, the same item was used at the breech end of a cannon to raise or lower the weapon's trajectory.
- Quoins in architecture are the corner stones which anchor the edge of the building wall.
- Quoins are also wedges used by printers to hold the hand-set type in place.