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dos⋅sal

  [dos-uhl]
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–noun
1. Also, dorsal. an ornamental hanging placed at the back of an altar or at the sides of the chancel.
2. Archaic. dosser 1 (def. 2).
Also, dossel.

Origin:
1650–60; < ML dossale, for L dorsale, neut. of dorsālis, equiv. to dors(um) back + -ālis -al 1
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dos·sal also dos·sel   (dŏs'əl)   
n.  An ornamental hanging of rich fabric, as behind an altar.

[Medieval Latin dossāle, from neuter of dossālis, dorsal, from Late Latin dorsālis; see dorsal.]
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