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Flying buttress
A specific type of buttress usually found on a religious building such
as a cathedral.

Flying rib
An exposed structural beam over the uppermost part of a building
which is not otherwise connected to the building at its highest point. A fea-

ture of H frame constructed concrete buildings and some modern sky-
scrapers.
Foot-stall
Literally translation of “pedestal”, the lower part of a pier in architec-

ture.
Formeret

French term for the wall-rib carrying the web or filling-in of a vault.

G

Gable
A triangular portion of an end wall between the edges of a sloping
roof.

Gablets
Triangular terminations to buttresses, much in use in the Early Eng-
lish and Decorated periods, after which the buttresses generally terminated

in pinnacles. The Early English gablets are generally plain, and very sharp
in pitch. In the Decorated period they are often enriched with paneling
and crockets. They are sometimes finished with small crosses, but more

often with finials.
Gadrooning
Carved or curved molding used in architecture and interior design as

decorative motif, often consisting of flutes which are inverted and curved.
Popular during the Italian Renaissance.
Gambrel

A symmetrical two-sided roof with two slopes on each side.
Galletting (also Garretting)

The process in which the gallets or small splinters of stone are inserted
in the joints of coarse masonry to protect the mortar joints. They are stuck
in while the mortar is wet.

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