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chaptrel

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chap⋅trel

[chap-truhl]
–noun Architecture.
1. a capital, as on a pilaster or vaulting shaft, engaged in masonry on one or more sides.
2. a small capital.

Origin:
1670–80; chapter + -el < L -ellum dim. suffix
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