What is a waaierzwik?
A waaierzwik is a fan-shaped ornament in the spandrel of an arched transom light or round-arched window above a door or window, often combined with a sash window.
What is a fan vault?
A fan vault (Dutch: waaiergewelf) is a late Gothic vault with funnel-shaped conoids whose ribs all radiate with the same curvature from the springing, typical of the English Perpendicular style.
What is a filler material?
A filler (Dutch: vulstof) is a fine, usually mineral powder added to paint, sealant, mortar, concrete or asphalt to improve volume, density or workability, without being the binder itself.
What is brickwork for plastering?
Brickwork for plastering (Dutch: vuilwerk) is masonry or blockwork whose surface will later be plastered, tiled or clad, so it does not need the neat finish of facing brickwork.
What is vertical transport (VT)?
Vertical transport (Dutch abbreviation VT) covers all means of moving people and goods up and down, such as lifts, construction hoists, tower cranes, aerial work platforms and telehandlers.
What is a freewheeling cylinder?
A freewheeling cylinder (Dutch: vrijloopcilinder) is a lock cylinder whose cam can turn without a key inserted, as required by some panic locks and multipoint locks.
What is vrije vloeroppervlakte?
Vrije vloeroppervlakte (free floor area) was the part of a floor with a clear height of at least 2.3 m (dwellings) or 2.1 m (other buildings) in Dutch building regulations; the term was dropped in 2003.
What is a simple support?
A simple support (Dutch: vrije oplegging) is a support on which a beam or floor rests freely and can rotate, without fixity, so no bending moment is transferred.
What is demand control?
Demand control (Dutch: vraagsturing) regulates a system or consumption according to actual need, for example ventilation that responds to CO2, humidity or occupancy.
What does votive mean?
Votive means that something was donated or built in fulfilment of a vow, such as a votive church, votive altar, votive tablet or votive figure.