cloister garth
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cloister garth
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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But the cloister garth, as at Chichester, is not rectangular, and all the surrounding buildings are thus made to sprawl in a very awkward fashion.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
In the cloister garth are two graves perhaps as well worth visiting as ever Becket's was, though no miracles have yet occurred at them.
From Canterbury by Danks, Canon
Before the cathedral is the pretty cloister garth, with the chapel of St Anne, erected in 1321 and restored in 1888.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
The chapter-house was on the east side of the cloister garth.
From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Butler, Dugald
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
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