pendentive bracketing

Arch.: The coved bracketing springing from the wall of a rectangular area in an upward direction, so as to form the horizontal plane into a complete circle or ellipse. pendentive-cradling, s. Arch .: The timber work for sustaining the lath and plaster in pendentives. II. Botany : 3052 1. Hanging downward on account of the weakne of the support; as, a pendulous fruit. 2. It is used of an ovule when it hangs from the summit of the cavity ir the ovary. pěn'-du-lous-ne , s. [Eng. pendulous; -ne .] penetrate