chevet
an apse, as of a Gothic cathedral.
Origin of 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 PoundBeyond the chevet stood a tower of which the actual one is a replica.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'ReillyThe first light in the Lyons chevet celebrates the local martyrs.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'ReillyThe choir is of late thirteenth century work, very short, with five chapels in the chevet.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain | George Edmund StreetIn 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
/ (ʃəˈveɪ) /
a semicircular or polygonal east end of a church, esp a French Gothic church, often with a number of attached apses
Origin of chevet
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