chevet

[ shuh-vey ]

noun

an apse, as of a Gothic cathedral.

Origin of chevet

1800–10; <French, earlier chevès,Old French chevez ≪ Latin capitium opening or covering for the head. See caput

Words Nearby chevet

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How to use chevet in a sentence

Livres de chevet for those whom the Strindbergian school will always leave aloof.
Instigations | Ezra Pound
Beyond the chevet stood a tower of which the actual one is a replica.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
The first light in the Lyons chevet celebrates the local martyrs.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
The choir is of late thirteenth century work, very short, with five chapels in the chevet.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain | George Edmund Street
In fact, the planning of this chevet is one of the proofs that the work was of French, and not of Spanish origin.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain | George Edmund Street

British Dictionary definitions for chevet

chevet

/ (ʃəˈveɪ) /

noun

a semicircular or polygonal east end of a church, esp a French Gothic church, often with a number of attached apses

Origin of chevet

C19: from French: pillow, from Latin capitium, from caput head

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