Usually means: Cornerstones or blocks reinforcing angles.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. quoins: Merriam-Webster
  2. quoins: Collins English Dictionary
  3. quoins: Vocabulary.com
  4. quoins: Wordnik
  5. quoins: Wiktionary
  6. quoins: Dictionary.com
  7. Quoins: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. quoins: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quoins: Encyclopedia

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Masonry dictionary (No longer online)
  2. quoins: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary
  3. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See quoin as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (quoin)

noun:  Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.
noun:  The keystone of an arch.
noun:  (printing, historical) A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place.
noun:  (obsolete, nautical) A form of wedge used to prevent casks from moving
noun:  (firearms) A wedge of wood or iron put under the breech of heavy guns or the muzzle of siege-mortars to raise them to the proper level.
noun:  (horticulture) A number of apple varieties with a distinctive ribbed appearance, like corners of a coin.
verb:  (transitive) To wedge or steady with quoins.
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