velarium
noun
an awning drawn over a theater or amphitheater as a protection from rain or the sun.
velaria
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pluralof velarium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Moreover, there is no reason but the existing filth why the roadways should not have translucent velaria to pull over in bright sunshine and wet weather.
From Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Wool, however, was the most common material, and the velaria made in Apulia were most esteemed, on account of the whiteness of the wool.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
Indeed the Carthaginian captives could distinguish the velaria spread over the courtyards of their houses, beyond the gulf on the slopes of Byrsa.
From Salammbo by Flaubert, Gustave
The cry, swelled by every Latin tongue, shook the velaria over the consul's head.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis
