trumeau
[troo-moh; French try-moh]
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noun, plural tru·meaux [troo-mohz; French try-moh] /truˈmoʊz; French trüˈmoʊ/.
a mirror having a painted or carved panel above or below the glass in the same frame.
Architecture. a column supporting a tympanum of a doorway at its center.
Origin of trumeau
From French
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Historical Examples of trumeau
Observe that the trumeau was made narrow at its base, in order to let pass the pilgrim throngs.
How France Built Her CathedralsElizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
The present image at the trumeau is a fragment saved from the late-Gothic Chartreuse of the Valois dukes.
How France Built Her CathedralsElizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
trumeau
noun plural -meaux (-ˈməʊz)
Word Origin for trumeau
from French
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