Look up: dripstone


  1. Dripstone
    In architecture, a dripstone (also called a hood moulding, label, weather-moulding, water-table, or hoodmould) is a projecting tablet or moulding over the heads of doorways, windows, archways, niches, etc, in Norman and Gothic architecture, either for ornament or to throw off the rain. It is used bo...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TD.HTM

  2. dripstone
    mineral matter deposited from a dripping solution; this is an overall term for formations such as stalactites and draperies that are formed in caves; cf. speleothem.
    Found op http://www.cst.cmich.edu/users/dietr1rv/gemrxAppB.htm

  3. dripstone
    [n] - the form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites 2. [n] - a drip made of stone
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=dripstone

  4. Dripstone
    a projecting moulding above an arch or lintel to throw off surface water
    Found op http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/glossary.php

  5. Dripstone
    See label.
    Found op http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/resources/glossary.html

  6. Dripstone
    Drip'stone` noun (Architecture) A drip, when made of stone. See Drip , 2.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/123

  7. dripstone
    hoodmold noun a protective drip that is made of stone
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dripstone

  8. dripstone
    noun the form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dripstone

  9. Dripstone
    • (n.) A drip, when made of stone. See Drip, 2.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/dripstone/

  10. dripstone
    dripstone: see stalactite and stalagmite.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0912678.html

  11. dripstone
    1) Calcium carbonate
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/dripstone/1

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