cloister garth
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cloister garth
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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The church stood on the N. side of the quadrangle and was divided from the cloister garth by a blank wall in which will be noticed a recess.
From Somerset by Wade, G. W.
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
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
They are arranged in a quadrangular form, enclosing a grassy cloister garth.
From What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association by Home, Gordon
He died at Bournemouth on the 15th of December 1885, and was buried in the cloister garth of Chester.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
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