soffit
the underside of an architectural feature, as a beam, arch, ceiling, vault, or cornice.
Origin of soffit
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How to use soffit in a sentence
At the age of twenty-six he had already painted Soffits, in the manner of his kinsman “Boucher, to say it with respect.”
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherAt the point where this cutting away occurs, fix the soffits of the passages.
Ten Books on Architecture | VitruviusThe soffits of the ceiling have panels of yellow with orange border, contrasting with iron beams painted a chocolate brown.
The panelled step ends and soffits, the graceful newels and balusters, of those old staircases hold sway as models to this day.
Home Life in Colonial Days | Alice Morse EarleThe transition character of these is emphasised by the mouldings in the soffits being continuations of those in the side piers.
The Story of Chartres | Cecil Headlam
British Dictionary definitions for soffit
/ (ˈsɒfɪt) /
the underside of a part of a building or a structural component, such as an arch, beam, stair, etc
Also called: crown, vertex the upper inner surface of a drain or sewer: Compare invert (def. 6)
Origin of soffit
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