Compass (architecture)

In carpentry, architecture, and shipbuilding, a compass is a curved circular form.^[1]

A compass window

Examples

• A compass plane is a plane that is convex, length-ways, on the underside, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork.
• A compass saw is a narrow-bladed saw that cuts a curve.
• A compass timber is a curved (or crooked) timber, sometimes used in shipbuilding.^{[citation needed]}
• A compass brick is a curved brick.^[2]
• A compass wall is a curved wall.^{[citation needed]}
• A compass window is a circular bay window.^[3]
• A surveyor's compass (or circumferentor) is a measuring instrument used in surveying horizontal angles.

References

1. Dell Upton (1997). Holy Things and Profane: Anglican Parish Churches in Colonial Virginia. Yale University Press. pp. 261–. ISBN 978-0-300-06565-7.
2. W.A. Radford. Radford's brick houses. Рипол Классик. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-5-87292-530-9.
3. Sturgis, Russell. "Compass" "Sturgis' illustrated dictionary of architecture and building: an unabridged reprint of the 1901-2 edition". Mineola, N.Y.: Dover, 1989. Print.