trumeau

[ troo-moh; French try-moh ]

noun,plural tru·meaux [troo-mohz; French try-moh]. /truˈmoʊz; French trüˈmoʊ/.
  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 of trumeau

1
From French

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How to use trumeau in a sentence

  • The graceful trumeau images of Lazarus, Martha, and Mary are restorations.

    How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
  • At the middle trumeau stands John the Baptist, he who was sent before to prepare the way, the announcer as well as the witness.

    How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
  • Observe that the trumeau was made narrow at its base, in order to let pass the pilgrim throngs.

    How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
  • The present image at the trumeau is a fragment saved from the late-Gothic Chartreuse of the Valois dukes.

    How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

British Dictionary definitions for trumeau

trumeau

/ (trʊˈməʊ) /


nounplural -meaux (-ˈməʊz)
  1. architect a section of a wall or pillar between two openings

Origin of trumeau

1
from French

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