squinch
英 [skwɪn(t)ʃ]
美[skwɪntʃ]
- n. [建] 内角拱；[建] 突角拱；对角斜拱
英文词源
- squinch (v.)
- 1840 (transitive), of faces; intransitive use from 1843. Perhaps related to squinch "narrow opening in a building" (c. 1600). Also compare squink-eyed (1630s), variant of squint-eyed, so perhaps it is at least partly an altered form of squint. Related: Squinched; squinching.