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The underside of a part of a building (such as an arch or overhang or beam etc.)
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soffit
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Soffit \Sof"fit\, n. [It. soffitta, soffitto, fr. soffiggere to hide, properly, to fix or fasten under, L. suffigere to fasten beneath or below; sub under, beneath + figere to fix, faste: cf. F. soffite.] (Arch.) The under side of the subordinate parts ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Soffit (from , formed as a ceiling; directly from suffictus for suffixus , , to fix underneath), in architecture , describes the underside of any construction element. Examples of soffits include: the underside of an arch or architrave (whether supported ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context architecture English) The visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element. 2 (context pipe technology English) The top point of the inside open section of a pipe or box conduit.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the underside of a part of a building (such as an arch or overhang or beam etc.)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
architectural term referring to under-faces, 1610s, from Italian soffita , fem. of soffitto "ceiling," noun use of adjective meaning "fixed beneath," from Vulgar Latin *suffictus "fastened below," from Latin suffixus (see suffix (n.)).
Usage examples of soffit.
The peeling paint hanging in long dry sleavings down the columns and from the buckled soffits.
The upper cabinets hung under a soffit, and in the angle where the soffit met the ceiling, there were more cocoons than in the previous two rooms combined.
He took in the flintlocks and matchlocks of earlier days, the pictures and plate, the mullions and soffits, the orreries and oudenardes.