Perpender

Per`pend´er

(Masonry) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; - called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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