chevet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chevet
1800–10; < French, earlier chevès, Old French chevez ≪ Latin capitium opening or covering for the head. See caput
Example Sentences
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Chunks of limestone lay on the ground, having fallen from the upper part of the chevet, or the eastern end of the Gothic church.
From Time ● Nov. 29, 2
Item, he restored the chevet of his own church with Parian stones and marble columns in wonderful workmanship, and reared the whole anew from the foundation with most costly work.
From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Charles L. (Charles Latimer) Marson
The nave, the choir and chevet, and chapels, are all of a bareness which only exaggerates the floridness of these other appendages.
From The Cathedrals of Northern France by Blanche McManus
The choir consists of one bay, and the chevet formed by an apse to the choir of five bays.
From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.
The chevet of the choir extends, as it were, well into the nave, there being no transepts.
From The Cathedrals of Northern France by Blanche McManus
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