Bible Dictionaries
Squinch

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; - called also sconce, and sconcheon.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Squinch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/squinch.html. 1828.