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Keel moulding – In architecture, a round on which there is a small fillet, somewhat like the keel of a ship. It is common in the Early English and Decorated styles.

Keep – The principal tower of a castle, containing sufficient accommodation to serve as the chief living-quarters permanently or in times of siege; also called a donjon.

Keystone – The central stone of an arch or a rib vault; sometimes carved.

Kiosk – A light open pavilion or summerhouse, usually supported by pillars and common in Turkey and Persia. European adaptations are used mainly in gardens, as a band-stands, for example, or for small shops selling news-papers.

Kneestone - The stone that decorates the bottom of the spring of an arch. or skew.

Chateau d'- Amboise - France (1500)

Knotted columns – A stone support carved in the form of two or four columns with their shafts tied into a knot, occasionally found in Romanesque architecture.

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