2. Noun. (architecture) Any supporting framework under a vault, roof etc. ¹
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Definition of Ossature
1. a framework [n -S] - See also: framework
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ossature
Literary usage of Ossature
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"An irregular 148—Timber ossature of a French house of the thirteenth century.
(From Viollet-le-Duc.) and charming use of this design appears in the house of ..."
2. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"... 148—Timber ossature of a French house of the thirteenth century. (From
Viollet-Ie-Duc.) and charming use of this design appears in the house of the ..."
3. An Illustrated Dictionary of Words Used in Art and Archaeology: Explaining by John William Mollett (1883)
"ossature, Arch, (from the Italian ossatura, skeleton). ... In the roof, the
ossature comprises the nerves, the transverse or longitudinal arches, ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"With the Romans, the building of a great monument comprised two distinct operations,
first, the fabrication of the ossature or core, and secondly, ..."
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