The Textbook of Architecture

Glossary · R

Rill

Also called rills

A narrow, straight channel of water at ground level in a formal garden, as in the gardens of Lutyens and Jekyll at Hestercombe, after Mughal and Moorish models.

See also: Catena d’acqua, Chadar

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters Gardens and Landscape.

A feature of Arts and Crafts garden architecture.

Nearby in the glossary

Ribbon window · Ridge · Ridge rib · Ridge-and-furrow · Rise · Riser · Riwaq · Rocaille