Anċisa
Quoin header: A quoin which serves as a header in the face of a wall and a stretcher in the face of the return wall; Rebate of a steel window.
Source: Sicilian / Italian
Plural: Anċis
Ref: JA
Appoġġ (bini)
Ċint, opramorta, Ħajt komuni
English: Low roof boundary wall, Common wall shared between terraced houses
Sors: Taljan
Baża
Wide quadrangular stone for building.
Source: Sicilian
Ref: JA
Bil-ġebla tal-ġidra
Ref: Ġużi Gatt
Ċangun
Large building stone.
Sors: Sqalli
Plural: Ċnagan
Ċint
Low wall.
Sors: Sqalli
Plural: Ċnut
Denfil (ħajt)
Buttress wall.
Diviżorju
Dividing; A partition.
Source: Italian
Plural: Diviżorji
Għawwieba
Curve, corner in a wall, or piece of masonry such as a column that interrupts line of sight.
Root: Għ-W-B
Plural: Għawwiebiet
Għerq il-ħajt
Bottom course of masonry in a wall. The base of a wall.
Irdubblatura
Another term for a buttress wall.
Ref: Ġużi Gatt
Ixxellel
A. To be fastened or fixed in place with tacks (fabric, clothes). B. To be built (wall) by placing stone ashlars (which have been finished from the outside) on top of another without applying mortar.
Root: X-L-L
Katina (ġebla)
perpend stone, perpend (parpen, parpend, perpin, and other spellings),through stone, bond stone, or tie stone is a stone that extends through an entire wall’s width, from the outer to the inner wall. Such stones are especially used to lock two wall layers structurally together.
Katina tal-għawwiereb
Through stone in the jamb of an opening.
Ref: JA
Kisra
Angle, corner.
Root: K-S-R
Plural: Kisriet
Kontramur
Supporting wall.
Plural: Kontramuri
Koxxa (bini)
A. the jamb of a door or window. B. The end part of a squared stone block (Ref: JA)
Root: K-X-X
Plural: Koxox
Kurduna
Kerb, Coping (the top, typically curved or sloping, course of a brick or stone wall).
Kurduna tal-bankina: Kerb
Kurduna tal-ġebel: kerb stone
Plural: Kurduniet
Ref: JA
Kurtina
curtain wall: a defensive wall between two towers (bastions) of a castle, fortress, or town.
Source: Sicilian
Plural: Kurtini
L-ewwel ġebla
Foundation stone, corner stone.
Levè
Levee; an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river.
Source: French
Mastizz (bini)
A filling of undressed stone used in the interior of the cavity of a double wall.
Ref: JA
Plural: Mastizzi
Mazkan
or maskan: Stone fragments used as fill between stones in double or cobbled walls.
Source: Sicilian: <mazzacani
Melvizza
A step in the face of a wall.
Plural: Melvizzi
Ħajjet
To build a wall, to enclose with a wall or fence.
Root: Ħ-J-T