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Webster 1913 Edition
Bossage
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bossage
BOSS'AGE
, n.1.
A stone in a building which has a projecture, and is laid rough, to be afterwards carved into moldings, capitals, coats of arms, &c.2.
Rustic work, consisting of stones which advance beyond the naked or level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings; chiefly in the corners of edifices, and called rustic quoins. The cavities are sometimes round, sometimes beveled or in a diamond form, sometimes inclosed with a cavetto, and sometimes with a listel.Definition 2024
bossage
bossage
English
Noun
bossage (plural bossages)
- (architecture) A rough, unfinished stone block, which is left projecting from the wall of a building to be later sculpted.