What is the horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments. [R.] Knight called?
drift — (Arch.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments. [R.] Knight. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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