rectangularwise en · ADV
Etymology
From rectangular + -wise.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In a rectangular orientation.
The principal front is 261 feet in length and 40 feet in height, with a tower in the centre surmounted by a lantern rising to the height of 92 feet; the tower is supported by three-stage buttresses with plain set-offs, placed rectangularwise […]
1857, John Booker, A history of the ancient chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton in Manchester parish, page 125: