quoins's Usage Examples:

The house is on a projecting plinth and has quoins and a stone-slate roof.

an entrance with hooded limestone surround, terra cotta trim, limestone quoins, and an arched shaped parapet.

type and furniture are locked in place by quoins.

When a chase is locked up with type, furniture, and quoins, it is called a forme.

08128 (Rough Bank Farmhouse) — 1607 The farmhouse is in stone with quoins, and has a slate roof with coped gables.

It is in stone with quoins and a stone-slate roof.

altered in the 19th century, is basically timber framed, and has stone walls quoins and a stone-slate roof.

The buildings are also distinguished by limestone quoins.

It has two storeys and rusticated quoins.

farmhouse, later converted into two dwellings, it is in sandstone with quoins and a tile roof.

features Flemish blond brickwork with burnt leaders, splayed lintels and end quoins, along with paneled wood shutters and a grey slate roof that is steeply.

Hall Farmhouse) — 16th century The house is in roughcast brick with stone quoins and a slate roof.

His name is derived from "quines" or "quoins", which are wooden wedges used by carpenters.

51108 (Cottage opposite Gateways) 1675 A stone house with quoins, a continuous hood mould over the ground floor, and a stone slate roof.

(High Crompton Farmhouse) — 17th century (probable) A stone farmhouse with quoins and a stone slabbed roof.

It is in stone on a plinth, with quoins, a roof of slate and stone-slate, and a rear wall of brick.

The current 18th-century church building is made of brick with stone quoins and window casings.

It features stone quoins and an off-center arcaded loggia.

It features a mansard roof, bracketed eaves, limestone quoins on the front, brick quoins on the back, and a full sized wrap-around front porch.

Synonyms:

coigne; coign; keystone; key; headstone;

Antonyms:

unfasten; dislodge; decompress;