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label molding: A square-arched dripstone or hoodmold; extends horizontally across the top of an opening and returns vertically downward for a short distance.
lancet window: A narrow pointed window. A window formed as one or more slender pointed arches. This style is associated with the Early English period of Gothic architecture.
lattice: A grille designed with crisscrossing or decoratively interfacing strips of wood, metal, or plastic to form a pattern.
lintel: A horizontal beam or stone bridging that supports the weight of the wall above a
window or door.
loggia: An exterior gallery, open on one or more sides, with a colonnade or an arcade.
low-relief or bas-relief: Sculpture in which the carved forms project only slightly from the background.
lozenge: A diamond shape.
lunette: A semicircular opening (with the flat side down) in a wall over a door, a niche, or a window.