LABEL (a

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• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French word, now represented by lambeau, possibly a variant; it is of obscure origin and may be connected with a

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• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic word appearing in the

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• ENGLISH

English "

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• LAP

lap," a flap or

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• FOLD

fold)  , a slip, ticket, or card of paper, metal or other material, attached to an object, such as a parcel, bottle, &c., and containing a name, address, description or other information, for the purpose of identification . Originally the word meant a band or ribbon of linen or other material, and was thus applied to the fillets (infulae) attached to a bishop's mitre . In heraldry the " label " is a mark of " cadency." In architecture the term " label " is applied to the outer projecting moulding over doors, windows, arches, &c., sometimes called " Dripstone " or " Weather Moulding," or " Hood Mould." The former terms seem scarcely applicable, as this moulding is often inside a building where no rain could come, and consequently there is no drip . In Norman times the label frequently did not project, and when it did it was very little, and formed part of the series of arch mouldings . In the Early English styles they were not very large, sometimes slightly undercut, sometimes deeply, sometimes a quarter round with chamfer, and very frequently a "roll" or " scroll-moulding," so called because it resembles the part of a scroll where the edge laps over the body of the roll . Labels generally resemble the string-courses of the period, and, in fact, often return horizontally and form strings . They are less common in Continental architecture than in English .