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What are “the high ends of castles” called?
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What are the high ends of castles when they take the shape of tapered ends above the towers in them called?
I have drawn orange circles around some of them here in the picture:
Are they, by any chance, known as "domes" despite their unrounded figures? If they don't have a particular term, would by using "domes" be understood to indicate those parts of them?
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What are the high ends of castles when they take the shape of tapered ends above the towers in them called?
I have drawn orange circles around some of them here in the picture:
Are they, by any chance, known as "domes" despite their unrounded figures? If they don't have a particular term, would by using "domes" be understood to indicate those parts of them?
word-request image-identification
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By the way, Neuschwanstein, which you picture, isn't a 'real' castle but a 19th-century fantasy, like the castle at Disneyland modeled on it.
– StoneyB
10 hours ago
This is very true indeed although it is a randomly selected picture just to show my imagination when I hear the word "castle" which I assume it is everyone's imagination.
– Tasneem ZH
9 hours ago
Definitely not a dome. A dome has to be rounded, not pointed. If you called them domes, people would not understand you.
– TonyK
25 mins ago
add a comment |
What are the high ends of castles when they take the shape of tapered ends above the towers in them called?
I have drawn orange circles around some of them here in the picture:
Are they, by any chance, known as "domes" despite their unrounded figures? If they don't have a particular term, would by using "domes" be understood to indicate those parts of them?
word-request image-identification
asked 10 hours ago
Tasneem ZHTasneem ZH
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What are the high ends of castles when they take the shape of tapered ends above the towers in them called?
I have drawn orange circles around some of them here in the picture:
Are they, by any chance, known as "domes" despite their unrounded figures? If they don't have a particular term, would by using "domes" be understood to indicate those parts of them?
word-request image-identification
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By the way, Neuschwanstein, which you picture, isn't a 'real' castle but a 19th-century fantasy, like the castle at Disneyland modeled on it.
– StoneyB
10 hours ago
This is very true indeed although it is a randomly selected picture just to show my imagination when I hear the word "castle" which I assume it is everyone's imagination.
– Tasneem ZH
9 hours ago
Definitely not a dome. A dome has to be rounded, not pointed. If you called them domes, people would not understand you.
– TonyK
25 mins ago
add a comment |
1
By the way, Neuschwanstein, which you picture, isn't a 'real' castle but a 19th-century fantasy, like the castle at Disneyland modeled on it.
– StoneyB
10 hours ago
This is very true indeed although it is a randomly selected picture just to show my imagination when I hear the word "castle" which I assume it is everyone's imagination.
– Tasneem ZH
9 hours ago
Definitely not a dome. A dome has to be rounded, not pointed. If you called them domes, people would not understand you.
– TonyK
25 mins ago
1
1
By the way, Neuschwanstein, which you picture, isn't a 'real' castle but a 19th-century fantasy, like the castle at Disneyland modeled on it.
– StoneyB
10 hours ago
By the way, Neuschwanstein, which you picture, isn't a 'real' castle but a 19th-century fantasy, like the castle at Disneyland modeled on it.
– StoneyB
10 hours ago
This is very true indeed although it is a randomly selected picture just to show my imagination when I hear the word "castle" which I assume it is everyone's imagination.
– Tasneem ZH
9 hours ago
This is very true indeed although it is a randomly selected picture just to show my imagination when I hear the word "castle" which I assume it is everyone's imagination.
– Tasneem ZH
9 hours ago
Definitely not a dome. A dome has to be rounded, not pointed. If you called them domes, people would not understand you.
– TonyK
25 mins ago
Definitely not a dome. A dome has to be rounded, not pointed. If you called them domes, people would not understand you.
– TonyK
25 mins ago
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The word that would be most easily recognised would be "spire", especially for the taller structures. This is usually used for the similarly shaped roof on a church. The descriptive phrase "conical roof" could be applied. There may be a technical architectural term. But as such roofs are not found on English castles of the middle ages there might not be an English term.
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I would think that "turret" would be a reasonable word. I have also heard "dunce cap" being used figuratively for the tall conical version of the top of a castle tower. That is very informal.
On further thought, the word "pinnacle" also can be used for such a structure.
answered 9 hours ago
David SiegelDavid Siegel
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A turret is a small tower on the top corner of a larger tower several turrets are visible in the picture. A pinnacle is a small tower at the top of a wall, again there are lots of pinnacles. However, this question seems to be about the roof, not the tower.
– James K
5 hours ago
@JamesK "pinnacle" is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as "a small pointed structure on top of a building," which would seem to include the structures shown.
– David Siegel
4 hours ago
I checked the architectural meaning of pinnacle while researching this. Pinnacles are the small towers which protude along the cornice. At any rate, they are the tower, not the roof, hence not the answer.
– James K
3 hours ago
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The word that would be most easily recognised would be "spire", especially for the taller structures. This is usually used for the similarly shaped roof on a church. The descriptive phrase "conical roof" could be applied. There may be a technical architectural term. But as such roofs are not found on English castles of the middle ages there might not be an English term.
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The word that would be most easily recognised would be "spire", especially for the taller structures. This is usually used for the similarly shaped roof on a church. The descriptive phrase "conical roof" could be applied. There may be a technical architectural term. But as such roofs are not found on English castles of the middle ages there might not be an English term.
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The word that would be most easily recognised would be "spire", especially for the taller structures. This is usually used for the similarly shaped roof on a church. The descriptive phrase "conical roof" could be applied. There may be a technical architectural term. But as such roofs are not found on English castles of the middle ages there might not be an English term.
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The word that would be most easily recognised would be "spire", especially for the taller structures. This is usually used for the similarly shaped roof on a church. The descriptive phrase "conical roof" could be applied. There may be a technical architectural term. But as such roofs are not found on English castles of the middle ages there might not be an English term.
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I would think that "turret" would be a reasonable word. I have also heard "dunce cap" being used figuratively for the tall conical version of the top of a castle tower. That is very informal.
On further thought, the word "pinnacle" also can be used for such a structure.
answered 9 hours ago
David SiegelDavid Siegel
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A turret is a small tower on the top corner of a larger tower several turrets are visible in the picture. A pinnacle is a small tower at the top of a wall, again there are lots of pinnacles. However, this question seems to be about the roof, not the tower.
– James K
5 hours ago
@JamesK "pinnacle" is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as "a small pointed structure on top of a building," which would seem to include the structures shown.
– David Siegel
4 hours ago
I checked the architectural meaning of pinnacle while researching this. Pinnacles are the small towers which protude along the cornice. At any rate, they are the tower, not the roof, hence not the answer.
– James K
3 hours ago
add a comment |
I would think that "turret" would be a reasonable word. I have also heard "dunce cap" being used figuratively for the tall conical version of the top of a castle tower. That is very informal.
On further thought, the word "pinnacle" also can be used for such a structure.
answered 9 hours ago
David SiegelDavid Siegel
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A turret is a small tower on the top corner of a larger tower several turrets are visible in the picture. A pinnacle is a small tower at the top of a wall, again there are lots of pinnacles. However, this question seems to be about the roof, not the tower.
– James K
5 hours ago
@JamesK "pinnacle" is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as "a small pointed structure on top of a building," which would seem to include the structures shown.
– David Siegel
4 hours ago
I checked the architectural meaning of pinnacle while researching this. Pinnacles are the small towers which protude along the cornice. At any rate, they are the tower, not the roof, hence not the answer.
– James K
3 hours ago
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I would think that "turret" would be a reasonable word. I have also heard "dunce cap" being used figuratively for the tall conical version of the top of a castle tower. That is very informal.
On further thought, the word "pinnacle" also can be used for such a structure.
answered 9 hours ago
David SiegelDavid Siegel
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I would think that "turret" would be a reasonable word. I have also heard "dunce cap" being used figuratively for the tall conical version of the top of a castle tower. That is very informal.
On further thought, the word "pinnacle" also can be used for such a structure.
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A turret is a small tower on the top corner of a larger tower several turrets are visible in the picture. A pinnacle is a small tower at the top of a wall, again there are lots of pinnacles. However, this question seems to be about the roof, not the tower.
– James K
5 hours ago
@JamesK "pinnacle" is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as "a small pointed structure on top of a building," which would seem to include the structures shown.
– David Siegel
4 hours ago
I checked the architectural meaning of pinnacle while researching this. Pinnacles are the small towers which protude along the cornice. At any rate, they are the tower, not the roof, hence not the answer.
– James K
3 hours ago
add a comment |
A turret is a small tower on the top corner of a larger tower several turrets are visible in the picture. A pinnacle is a small tower at the top of a wall, again there are lots of pinnacles. However, this question seems to be about the roof, not the tower.
– James K
5 hours ago
@JamesK "pinnacle" is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as "a small pointed structure on top of a building," which would seem to include the structures shown.
– David Siegel
4 hours ago
I checked the architectural meaning of pinnacle while researching this. Pinnacles are the small towers which protude along the cornice. At any rate, they are the tower, not the roof, hence not the answer.
– James K
3 hours ago
A turret is a small tower on the top corner of a larger tower several turrets are visible in the picture. A pinnacle is a small tower at the top of a wall, again there are lots of pinnacles. However, this question seems to be about the roof, not the tower.
– James K
5 hours ago
A turret is a small tower on the top corner of a larger tower several turrets are visible in the picture. A pinnacle is a small tower at the top of a wall, again there are lots of pinnacles. However, this question seems to be about the roof, not the tower.
– James K
5 hours ago
@JamesK "pinnacle" is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as "a small pointed structure on top of a building," which would seem to include the structures shown.
– David Siegel
4 hours ago
@JamesK "pinnacle" is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as "a small pointed structure on top of a building," which would seem to include the structures shown.
– David Siegel
4 hours ago
I checked the architectural meaning of pinnacle while researching this. Pinnacles are the small towers which protude along the cornice. At any rate, they are the tower, not the roof, hence not the answer.
– James K
3 hours ago
I checked the architectural meaning of pinnacle while researching this. Pinnacles are the small towers which protude along the cornice. At any rate, they are the tower, not the roof, hence not the answer.
– James K
3 hours ago
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By the way, Neuschwanstein, which you picture, isn't a 'real' castle but a 19th-century fantasy, like the castle at Disneyland modeled on it.
– StoneyB
10 hours ago
This is very true indeed although it is a randomly selected picture just to show my imagination when I hear the word "castle" which I assume it is everyone's imagination.
– Tasneem ZH
9 hours ago
Definitely not a dome. A dome has to be rounded, not pointed. If you called them domes, people would not understand you.
– TonyK
25 mins ago