scon·cheon
| \ ˈskänchən \
variants:
or scuncheon \
ˈskən-
\
plural -s
Definition of sconcheon
: the part of the side of an opening from the back of the reveal to the inside face of the wall usually forming in the masonry a rabbet in which the wooden frame is set
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