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These terms are from the FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus (Forum on Information Standards in Heritage - FISH).

Term Scope note Term type SENESCHAL URI Other URI
Door Stud Narrow term - -
DOORCASE The wood, stone or brick framework, lining a doorway, from which the door is hung. Preferred term 138866 -
DOORSTOP An object fixed to the door or floor to limit the amount a door can open. Preferred term 96543 -
DOORWAY The space in which a door is placed, allowing passage through. Preferred term 137693 -
DOPE SHOP An aircraft maintenance workshop deriving from the use of weather proofing varnish to aircraft canvas called "dope" in order to keep the canvas taut and airtight. From 1912 onwards. Preferred term 140280 -
DORIC BASE A base of the Roman Doric order with a torus, an astragal and a fillet. Preferred term 137694 -
DORIC CAPITAL A capital with an abacus, ovolo, neck and astragal. Preferred term 137695 -
DORIC COLUMN A column that is equidistant, with intercolumniations, even at the corners, with two or more triglyphs over each intercolumniation. Preferred term 137696 -
DORIC ENTABLATURE An entablature with a plain architrave or principal beam over which are the frieze and cornice. Preferred term 137697 -
DORIC ORDER A classical order with metopes and triglyphs in the frieze. Greek Doric has no base and a fluted column but Roman Doric does have a base and may or may not have a fluted column. Preferred term 137698 -
DORIC TEMPLE An 18th century garden building, designed in the form of a classical Doric temple, used for standing or sitting in. Preferred term 83976 -
DORMER A chamber usually used for sleeping. Preferred term 137699 -
DORMER WINDOW A projecting vertical window in the sloping roof of a house. Preferred term 137700 -
DORMITORY A sleeping apartment usually containing a number of beds and sometimes partitioned into cubicles.A room for sleeping in, usually for a number of beds. Preferred term 137701 -
DORMITORY Use with wider site type where known. Preferred term 71617 -
Dorter Narrow term 137702 -
Dorter Narrow term 91774 -
DOUBLE ARCH BRACED TRUSS A truss in which two pairs of arch braces form a continuous curve from the wall-heads or below to meet in the centre of the collar. Preferred term 137703 -
Double Cloister Narrow term 91775 -
Double Cottage Narrow term 91776 -
DOUBLE COURTYARD PLAN Two linked quadrangular open areas surrounded by walls or buildings. Preferred term 137704 -
DOUBLE DEPTH PLAN A plan in which the building is two rooms deep but has no central corridor. Preferred term 137705 -
DOUBLE DITCHED ENCLOSURE An area of land enclosed by two parallel ditches. Use with specific shaped enclosure where known. Preferred term 70362 -
Double Dock Narrow term 91777 -
DOUBLE ENDED HALL HOUSE A house consisting of a single storey open hall with a two storey domestic range attached to both ends forming an H shape. Preferred term 91778 -
DOUBLE HOUSE Mixed house of nuns and religious men. Preferred term 70134 -
Double Moated Garden Use both terms. Narrow term 91779 -
DOUBLE PILE HOUSE A house having four rooms of equal height on each of two floors; in larger houses there are often two parallel and equal roofs. Preferred term 94114 -
DOUBLE PILE PLAN An English seventeenth century house plan consisting of a rectangular block two rooms deep, the rooms sometimes separated by a passage. Preferred term 137706 -
Double Ropehouse Narrow term 91780 -

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