quoins in English
noun
1
an external angle of a wall or building.
In such cases bands, columns, lintels, sills, jambs, quoins , water tables, medallions, capstones, and copings were wrought of the stone quite often repeating the coloration of the stone used in the steps or foundation.
2
a wedge or expanding mechanical device used for locking a letterpress form into a chase.
verb
1
provide (a wall) with quoins or corners.
A deep, fenestrated entryway in the neoclassical style was added at some point in the eighteenth century, and its corners are quoined like the comers of the house (and were presumably added at the same time).
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1. The corners of buildings are often emphasised by rusticated quoins.