chevet
[shuh-vey]
- an apse, as of a Gothic cathedral.
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Origin of chevet
1800–10; < French, earlier chevès, Old French chevez ≪ Latin capitium opening or covering for the head. See caput
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Historical Examples
Beyond the chevet stood a tower of which the actual one is a replica.
How France Built Her CathedralsElizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
The first light in the Lyons chevet celebrates the local martyrs.
How France Built Her CathedralsElizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
The chapels of the chevet were finished at the end of the 13th or beginning of the 14th century.
The Churches of ParisS. Sophia Beale
Such deeds were not uncommon, and Chevet had made no friends to cherish his memory.
Beyond the FrontierRandall Parrish
Chevet breathed heavily, and I caught the mutter of his voice.
Beyond the FrontierRandall Parrish
chevet
- a semicircular or polygonal east end of a church, esp a French Gothic church, often with a number of attached apses
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Word Origin
C19: from French: pillow, from Latin capitium, from caput head
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