plafond
Americannoun
noun
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a ceiling, esp one having ornamentation
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a card game, a precursor of contract bridge
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Etymology
Origin of plafond
1655–65; < French; Middle French platfond ceiling, literally, flat bottom, i.e., underside. See plate 1, fund
Example Sentences
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Ingres, too, who in those days was considered the greatest draughtsman since the time of Raphael, had contributed a masterpiece to the decoration of the hall, a plafond, "The Apotheosis of Napoleon I."
From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix
The salle de danse is peculiarly elegant, and in one of the apartments is a fine painting on the plafond representing Jupiter hurling thunderbolts on the Giants.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E
Have some paper cases ready, which lay on a plafond with some paper underneath.
From Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet by Payne, A. G.
Within the thickness of this wall, staircases descend to a lower gallery over the plafond of the proanos of the colonnade lighted from above.
From History of the Washington National Monument and of the Washington National Monument Society by Harvey, Frederick Loviad
Silken carpets covered the floor, and the plafond of this gigantic hall was formed by the thousand-starred arch of heaven.
From The Daughter of an Empress by Greene, Nathaniel
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