sconcheon

[skon-chuh n]

noun Architecture.

the reveal of a window or doorway from the frame to the inner face of the wall.

Also scuncheon, esconson.

Origin of sconcheon

1325–75; Middle English sconchon, sconcheon < Old French escoinson corner, cut angle, derivative of coin, cuigne angle; see coin

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