DOG-GATE.--A gate placed across a staircase to prevent dogs from going into the upper rooms of a house. DORMER.--A window in a roof. ENTABLATURE.--A series of horizontal mouldings at the summit of a wall, or surmounting a row of columns. An entablature consists of three members. The lowest is a series of mouldings of slight projection, called the architrave. Above this is a vertical face, called the frieze; above this a series of widely projecting mouldings, called the cornice. FINIAL.--The ornamental finish at the apex of a gable. FIREPLACE.--A recess in a wall for the reception of a fire, furnished with a flue or vent for the escape of smoke. FRIEZE.--The middle member of an entablature, _q.v._ GABLE.--The pointed wall at the end of a roof. GARDE-ROBE.--A latrine or privy. GATEHOUSE.--A building surrounding the gate to the courtyard of a house. HIPPED ROOF.--A roof of which all the sides are sloped, one of which does not abut against a gable. JAMB.--The side of a doorway, window, or other aperture. LABEL.--The outer projecting moulding, or drip-stone, over a door, window, or arch. LANTERN.--A turret raised above a roof for the admission of light. LOUVRE.--A turret raised above a roof for the escape of smoke. MACHICOLATION.--The corbelling out of the parapet of a building, forming openings through which missiles could be discharged on the heads of an attacking force. MAUNCH.--The heraldic term for a sleeve. MINSTRELS’ GALLERY.--The gallery formed above the screen of a hall, sometimes occupied by minstrels. MITRE (in Joinery).--The line formed by a sharp change (at right angles or otherwise) in the direction of a moulding. MOULDING.--The term applied to the contour, wrought into long hollows and projections, of the angles or edges of an architectural feature, such as a door, window, arch, panel, &c. MULLION.--The vertical shaft or division between the lights of a window. NAVE.--The central portion of a church westward of the choir or chancel. NEWEL.--In a circular stone staircase, the central column round which the steps wind. In a wooden staircase, the stout posts which carry the handrail and the string supporting the stairs. OGEE.--A compound curve, partly concave and partly convex. OILLET.--A loophole for the discharge of arrows. ORIEL.--A bay window on an upper floor, corbelled out from the wall below. PANELLING.--A series of panels formed of boards whose edges are held in the groove of a thicker surrounding frame. PARAPET.--The upper part of a wall carried above the springing of the roof. Where the roof was flat it formed a protection to those who used the roof for defence or other purposes. PEDESTAL.--A substructure carrying a column or pilaster.