trumeau

American

[troo-moh, try-moh] / truˈmoʊ, trüˈmoʊ /

noun

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.

trumeau British

/ trʊˈməʊ /

noun

architect a section of a wall or pillar between two openings

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noun

trumeaux

plural

Etymology

Origin of trumeau

From French

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Then if it's not you, it must be a worthless being called Trumeau, who, with the unerring instinct of jealousy, has run the truth to earth.

From La Constantin Celebrated Crimes by Dumas père, Alexandre

Trumeau, trōō-mō′, n. any piece of wall between two openings:—pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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