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Hypocaust
Also called hypocausts
The Roman under-floor heating system: a floor raised on small brick pillars (pilae) over a space through which hot gases from a furnace passed.
See also: Thermae
Nearby in the glossary
Hood mould · Horseshoe arch · Hortus conclusus · Hyperbolic paraboloid · Hypostyle · Iconostasis · Imperial staircase · Impluvium