chevet

[ shuh-vey ]

/ ʃəˈveɪ /

noun

an apse, as of a Gothic cathedral.

Nearby words

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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Examples from the Web for chevet

This interesting church is largely Romanesque in style (tower, chevet and nave).
Rheims and the Battles for its Possession|Various
Cassion kept to the men along the bank below, while Chevet lay motionless beside a fire, smoking steadily.
Beyond the Frontier|Randall Parrish
The chevet of the choir extends, as it were, well into the nave, there being no transepts.
The Cathedrals of Northern France|Francis Miltoun
Let us now examine with some minuteness the arrangement of the plan of the chevet.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain|George Edmund Street

At No. 119 we see the chevet of the church St-Laurent, the only ancient part of the church as we know it.
Historic Paris|Jetta S. Wolff

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

Word Origin for chevet

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

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