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dossal

 [dos-uhl]  

dos·sal

   [dos-uhl]
noun
1.
Also, dorsal. an ornamental hanging placed at the back of an altar or at the sides of the chancel.
2.
Archaic. dosser1 (def. 2).
Also, dos·sel.

Origin:
1650–60; < Medieval Latin dossale, for Latin dorsale, neuter of dorsālis, equivalent to dors(um) back + -ālis -al1
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Dossal is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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dossal or dossel (ˈdɒsəl)
 
—n
an ornamental hanging, placed at the back of an altar or at the sides of a chancel
 
[C17: from Medieval Latin dossāle, neuter of dossālis, variant of dorsālisdorsal]
 
dossel or dossel
 
—n
 
[C17: from Medieval Latin dossāle, neuter of dossālis, variant of dorsālisdorsal]

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