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trumeau

[troo-moh; Fr. try-moh]

tru·meau

[troo-moh; Fr. try-moh]
noun, plural -meaux [-mohz; Fr. -moh] .
1.
a mirror having a painted or carved panel above or below the glass in the same frame.
2.
Architecture. a column supporting a tympanum of a doorway at its center.


Origin:
< French
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trumeau (trʊˈməʊ)
 
n , pl -meaux
architect a section of a wall or pillar between two openings
 
[from French]

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