An apron is a raised section of ornamental stonework below a window ledge, stone tablet, or monument.[1]
Aprons were used by Roman engineers to build Roman bridges. The main function of apron was to surround the feet of the piers.[2]
Notes
edit- ^ Pevsner, p872.
- ^ Ruddock, Ted (2017-05-15). Masonry Bridges, Viaducts and Aqueducts. Routledge. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-351-91928-9.
References
edit- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sherwood, Jennifer (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
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