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Object types that the Scheme uses

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
STOUP (DRINKING VESSEL) A term for a drinking vessel, although its use often implies a recognised quantity. Preferred term 96038 -
STOVE A closed chamber used for heating or baking objects. Preferred term 97422 -
STOVE HOUSE A component of salt works containing flues and drying areas where salt blocks are dried before being crushed and bagged. Preferred term 140344 -
Stowce Narrow term 93448 -
STOWE A type of windlass for drawing up ore. Preferred term 71283 -
Straddle Stone Narrow term 93449 -
STRAINER A tool used to filter solid material from liquid by means of a mesh, net or sheet with holes. Preferred term 96385 -
STRAINER ARCH An arch whose purpose is to arrest or prevent structural movement in a building. Preferred term 138306 -
STRAINER BEAM A transverse timber in aisled construction, joining aisle posts below tiebeam level, to allow rearing of pairs of posts. Preferred term 138307 -
Strake Narrow term - -
STRAP A thin strip of material used for binding. Preferred term 96311 -
STRAP An iron plate connecting two or more timbers together. Preferred term 138903 -
STRAP END A fitting for a strap (or belt). Can be ornate in design. Preferred term 140465 -
STRAP FITTING The fittings or parts on a strap. Preferred term 97424 -
Strap Guide Narrow term - -
Strap Union Narrow term - -
STRAPWORK A decorative feature of wood, plaster or carved masonry, often used in low relief on ceilings, panels or screens and resembling interlacing leather straps. Popular in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Preferred term 139783 -
STRAW The stalks of cereals separated from the grain br threshing and used as fodder, basket manufacture, thatch etc. Preferred term 82919 -
Straw Hat Factory Narrow term 93450 -
STREAM A natural flow or current of water issuing from a source. Preferred term 71284 -
Stream Works Narrow term 93451 -
STREAMWORKS A place where tin ore is washed using a stream as the water source. Preferred term 69117 -
Street Narrow term 78316 -
Street Arcade Narrow term 71259 -
STREET FURNITURE Structures erected on or near a public highway. Preferred term 70416 -
STREET LAMP A light, often suspended from a lamp-post, to illuminate a street or road. Preferred term 93452 -
STREET MARKET A market consisting of stalls erected in the street and selling a variety of goods. Preferred term 103032 -
STREET TRAMWAY A track inlaid into the road surface of a street or road, on which tram cars run for the conveyance of passengers. Preferred term 70279 -
STRICT BAPTIST CHAPEL A place of worship for Strict Baptists, a sect who broke away from the Particular Baptists and kept up the practice of denying communion to non members after the union of General and Particular Baptists was formed in 1891. Preferred term 74787 -
STRIGIL A curved blade used by the Romans and Greeks to scrape the body after bathing. Preferred term 96168 -

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