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Definition of Bossage

Bossage
Bossage Boss"age, n. [F. bossage, fr. bosse. See Boss a stud.] 1. (Arch.) A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape. --Gwilt. 2. (Arch.) Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings. --Gwilt.

Meaning of Bossage from wikipedia

- Bossage is uncut stone that is laid in place in a building, projecting outward from the building, to later be carved into decorative moldings, capitals...
- Spain, known as Isabelline Gothic. When not figurative these are known as bossage. These are probably a development of Mudéjar styles of patterning walls...
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lifting bosses. Boss (architecture) Bossage Arnold, Dieter (1991). "Bosses". Building in Egypt: Pharaonic Stone Masonry...
- (County Wicklow, Ireland) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bosses. Bossage Lifting boss Three hares Ching, Francis D. K. (1995). A Visual Dictionary...
- and three metopes. The columns of the temple are unfluted and retained bossage, but it is not clear whether this was a result of carelessness or incompleteness...
- by Charles Garnier, 1861–1874 Renaissance Revival Doric pilasters with bossages on them, of the Deutsche Bank (Mauerstraße no. 29), Berlin, by W. Martens...
- a carved keystone of a ribbed vault at the intersection of the ogives. Bossage Uncut stone that is laid in place in a building, projecting outward from...
- ornamented and many of its details were brought from France. It has arcades, Bossage details, garlands, medallions, pilasters and a series of individual mansards...
- average 4 m high and have a floor area of 4 m2 (43.06 sq ft). The blocks are bossaged with a deep anathrosys and this gives an effect of solidity to the whole...
- the Rímac River. The exterior of the church was originally covered by bossage, as can be seen still at the base of the bell tower. A primitive portal...