| squinch | (n) a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire) |
| squinch | (v) crouch down |
| Squinch | n. [ Corrupted fr. sconce. ] (Arch.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also |