- a small arch, corbeling, or the like, built across the interior angle between two walls, as in a square tower for supporting the side of a superimposed octagonal spire.
- to contort (the features) or squint.
- to squeeze together or contract.
- to squeeze together or crouch down, as to fit into a smaller space.
- a small arch, corbelling, etc, across an internal corner of a tower, used to support a superstructure such as a spire
