Compass (architecture)

Short description: Curved circular form

A compass window

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

## 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=gsaWZLST0x8C&pg=PA261.
2. ↑ W.A. Radford. Radford's brick houses. Рипол Классик. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-5-87292-530-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=uTcLAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA21.
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.

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