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pai loo

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pai-loo

[pahy-loh]
–noun, plural -loo, -loos.
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.

Origin:
1830–40; < Chin páilou (paí tablet + lóu tower)
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