Casement window: A window that opens by swinging inward or outward much like a door. Casement windows are usually vertical in shape but are often grouped in bands.
Clapboard: Also known as weatherboard or siding. Long, narrow boards overlapped to cover the outer walls. Used in Colonial style frame houses.
Dormer: The setting for a vertical window in the roof. Called a gable dormer if it has its own gable or shed dormer if a flat roof. Most often found in upstairs bedrooms.
Eaves: That portion of the roof that projects beyond the wall.
Facade: The front or "face" of a building.
Fanlight: A semicircular or arched window above a door.
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Gable: The triangular section of a wall formed by the end of a pointed (gabled) roof.
Gambrel: A roof with two slopes on each side, the lower slope having the steeper pitch. Often found in Colonial revival houses in the "Dutch" style.
Hipped Roof: A roof with slopes on all four sides. The "hips" are the lines formed when the slopes meet at the corners.
Palladian window: A three part window featuring a large arched center and flanking rectangular sidelights.
Pediment: A triangular crown used over doors, windows, or porches. A classical style.
Portico: A larger porch usually with a pedimented roof supported by classical columns or pillars.
Sidelights: Windows on either side of a door.
Stucco: A mixture of cement, sand, and lime applied to exterior walls as a covering.
