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French translation for "squinch"

 
v. s'accroupir; loucher, regarder de côté; reculer; se rétracter, marcher à reculons, être apeuré, montrer sa peur
Example Sentences:
1.The circular base of the dome is not carried, in the conventional way, by pendentives formed above the arches of the square, but on a circle formed by eight arches that spring from eight of the twelve columns, cutting across each corner in the manner of the Byzantine squinch.
La base circulaire du dôme n’est pas supportée de manière classique par des pendentifs formés au-dessus des arches du carré, mais par un cercle formé de huit arcs jaillissant de huit des douze colonnes, coupant à chaque coin à la manière du pincement byzantin.
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"squilla" French translation, "squilla mantis" French translation, "squillace" French translation, "squillidae" French translation, "squillo" French translation, "squint" French translation, "squint eyed" French translation, "squint-eyed" French translation, "squinter" French translation