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sconcheon

[skon-chuh n]
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noun Architecture.
  1. the reveal of a window or doorway from the frame to the inner face of the wall.
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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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