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| − | + | [[Image:Quoin.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A timber quoin]] | |
| + | [[Image:Quoin gunnery.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The quoin used in naval gunnery]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Quoin architectural.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Architectural quoins]] | ||
| + | [[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. | ||
| + | *In [[shipping]] terms it refers to a timber block used to secure barrels against movement.<ref>U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration [http://www.marad.dot.gov/publications/glossary/glossary.html]</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 are also wedges used by printers to hold the hand-set type in place. | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | [[Category:Architecture]][[Category:Military]][[Category:Shipping Terms]][[Category:Technology]] | ||
Revision as of 20:48, August 18, 2010
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.