Unusual construction terms

This article presents a list of unusual terms that might be encountered in the construction industry. Click on the terms to find their definition.

• Adit.
• Aeolian.
• Angstloch.
• Avulsion.
• Anastomosed
• Blockhead.
• Brander.
• Brattishing.
• Bressumer.
• Brunnel.
• Bungaroosh.
• Burr.
• Cassie.
• Cat's paw figure.
• Clast.
• Clunch.
• Crinkle crankle wall.
• Crocket.
• Crotch figure.
• Crown o' the causey.
• Crizzling.
• Cullet.
• Dalle-de-verre.
• Dogtooth.
• Dooks.
• Dunnage.
• Dwang.
• Exedra
• Façon de Venise.
• Faience.
• Finial.
• Flitch beam.
• Frit.
• Gley.
• Grandfathering.
• Grog.
• Guerite.
• Ha-ha.
• Hibernacula.
• Hoggin.
• Hop-over.
• Horror vacui.
• Hungry joints.
• Hunky punk.
• Ish.
• Joggle.
• Lehr.
• Lynchet.
• Mundic.
• Moil.
• Nappy.
• Natron.
• Nogging.
• Onigawara.
• Pantograph.
• Poka-yoke.
• Poche.
• Prunt.
• ‎Pteron.
• Punty rod or pontil rod.
• Putlog hole.
• Raggle.
• Rhyne.
• Rill.
• Ripple figure.
• Riprap.
• Running dog.
• Sharawadgi.
• Skewputt.
• Slype.
• Sneck.
• Spalting.
• Swarf.
• Stoplog.
• Thalweg.
• Togher.
• Tubercle.
• Tundish.
• Twitten / Twitting / Ginnel.
• Waney edged.
• Wheeler.
• Whinstone.
• Wig-wag signals.
• Witches' hat.
• Yimby.
• Ziggurat.

See also:

• Construction acronyms
• Glossary of construction slang and other terms

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Fascinating list - please keep adding to it.