cloister garth
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cloister garth
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Cleeve Abbey, lying in the trough of a green valley through which runs a stream, the cloister garth and the Abbot’s seat at the end of it, are most impressive.
From More Pages from a Journal by Rutherford, Mark
On the west side of the cloister garth are now only a few vaulted cellars.
From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Butler, Dugald
He died at Bournemouth on the 15th of December 1885, and was buried in the cloister garth of Chester.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
A noticeable feature of the cloister garth is a Norman arch belonging to a doorway that appears to be of later date.
From Yorkshire by Home, Gordon
The cloister garth, with its sixty white marble columns, charmed and impressed me; but all molto triste.
From A New Medley of Memories by Hunter-Blair, David
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