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Ambulatory-The ambulatory (Med. Lat.

ambulatorium, a place for walking, from ambulare, to walk) is the covered


passage around a cloister. The term is sometimes applied to the procession way around the east end of a cathedral or
large church and behind the high altar.

Boss-n architecture, a boss is a knob or protrusion of stone or wood. Bosses can often be found in the ceilings of
buildings, particularly at the intersection of a vault. In Gothic architecture, such roof bosses (or ceiling bosses) are often
intricately carved with foliage, heraldic devices or other decorations. Many feature animals, birds, or human figures or
faces, sometimes realistic, but often grotesque: the Green Man is a frequent subject.

Chancel-In architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian
church building. It may terminate in an apse.

Chateau-A château (plural châteaux; French pronunciation: [ʃato] for both the singular and the plural) is a manor house or
residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally—and
still most frequently—in French-speaking regions.

chevet,  eastern end of a church, especially of a Gothic church designed in the French manner. Beginning about the 12th
century, Romanesque builders began to elaborate on the design of the area around the altar, adding a curved
ambulatory behind it and constructing a series of apses or small chapels radiating from the ambulatory.

crocket is a hook-shaped decorative element common in Gothic architecture. It is in the form of a stylised carving of
curled leaves, buds or flowers which is used at regular intervals to decorate the sloping edges of spires, finials, pinnacles,
and wimpergs.
Cruck-In architecture, particularly in England, a cruck is a curved timber, one of a pair, which supports the roof of a
building.

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