The Textbook of Architecture

Glossary · R

Redented

Also called redenting

Of a plan: with corners stepped back in a series of small right-angled recesses, as in Khmer towers and many Indian temples.

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters South and Southeast Asia.

A feature of Khmer architecture.

Nearby in the glossary

Quoin · Radiating chapels · Rafter · Ratha · Regula · Regulating lines · Reinforced concrete · Relieving triangle