bell-cast

views updated

bell-cast.
1. Sprocketed eaves with sprockets or cocking-pieces fixed to the top of the common rafters above the eaves so that the roof above the eaves has a flatter pitch.

2. Projecting finish, or bell-cast piece, at the bottom of harling, render, or roughcast finish on a wall, resembling the base of a bell, forming a drip.