dripstone

[ drip-stohn ]

/ ˈdrɪpˌstoʊn /

Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.

calcium carbonate occurring in the form of stalactites and stalagmites.

Origin of dripstone

First recorded in 1785–95; drip + stone

The dripstone sections of their capitals are therefore unnecessary and ridiculous.

The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) |John Ruskin
But you will be as doleful as a dripstone if you marry for money.

Father Goriot |Honore de Balzac
Sometimes two or more lancets are grouped together side by side under a single 'dripstone' or hood.

Cheshire |Charles E. Kelsey
Those that flank the portal have each a large niche at the bottom, with engaged shafts, and the head and dripstone trefoiled.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon |Cecil Walter Charles Hallett

In the above-mentioned wall is an Early English doorway, with a dripstone adorned with the nailhead moulding.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon |Cecil Walter Charles Hallett

dripstone

/ (ˈdrɪpˌstəʊn) /

the form of calcium carbonate existing in stalactites or stalagmites

Also called: label, hood mould architect a drip made of stone