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Tas-de-Charge
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
A French term in architecture, for which there is no equivalent in English, given to the lower courses of a Gothic vault, which are laid in horizontal courses and bonded into the wall, forming a solid mass; they generally rise about one-third of the height of the vault, and as they project forwards they lessen the span to be vaulted over.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Tas-de-Charge'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​t/tas-de-charge.html. 1910.