Both Uses of
cantilevered
in
The Fountainhead
- It was Roark's house, but its walls were now of red brick, its windows were cut to conventional size and equipped with green shutters, two of its projecting wings were omitted, the great cantilevered terrace over the sea was replaced by a little wrought-iron balcony, and the house was provided with an entrance of Ionic columns supporting a broken pediment, and with a little spire supporting a weather vane.†
Chpt 1.10cantilevered = supported a beam, bracket, or other structure on only one side
- He had the knack of making the kindliness of his smile add to, not detract from his solemn appearance of dignity; his long, thin, hooked nose did detract from the kindliness, but it added to the dignity; his stomach, cantilevered over his legs, did detract from the dignity, but it added to the kindliness.†
Chpt 1.12 *
Definition:
a beam, bracket, or other structure supported only on one side; or to support something in that manner