Keeping account (attachement). By this is meant memoranda of the work done or materials used on a building by means of written notes or figures.
King-post (poinçon), vertical piece of wood, which in a principal receives the two blades, and suspends the middle of the tie-beam.
Lintel (linteau), piece of timber or block of stone which, laid across horizontally on the jambs of a door or window-opening, completes the enclosure.
Made-ground (remblai). This term signifies earth and débris that have been shifted by man to raise a piece of ground or fill up its hollows.
Meeting-stile (battement), vertical stile of a door or of a casement on the fastening side.
Mortise (mortaise), oblong hole made in a piece of framing to receive a tenon. The lengthways of a mortise should always follow the grain of the wood.
Newel (noyau), pillar or column around which wind the steps of the stairs.
Notching (embrèvement), sinking made in a piece of wood to receive a mortise and tenon framing.
Pole (échasse), trunk of a tree, long and small, which, fixed up perpendicularly, is employed for scaffolding buildings as they rise.
Post (poteau) vertical piece of wood, which on its head receives one or more cross pieces. The term frame-post is applied to the uprights of a framed partition, and especially those which serve as door-frames.