SQUINCH


Meaning of SQUINCH in English

v.

Function: noun

Etymology: alteration of earlier scunch back part of the side of an opening

Date: circa 1840

: a support (as an arch, lintel, or corbeling) carried across the corner of a room under a superimposed mass

squinch

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.