velarium
an awning drawn over a theater or amphitheater as a protection from rain or the sun.
Origin of velarium
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How to use velarium in a sentence
The velarium, spread over the cypress avenue, was drawn back, and torches were brought.
Salammbo | Gustave FlaubertThe vault, some thirty feet high, formed a sort of azure velarium bordered with long yellow palm-leaves.
The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 | Theophile GautierA gigantic purple velarium gave shelter from the rays of the sun.
Quo Vadis | Henryk SienkiewiczThe censers were ignited again, and the velarium was removed, for the sun had sunk now considerably.
Quo Vadis | Henryk SienkiewiczHe raised his eyes then to the opening of the amphitheatre, over which night had begun to extend its velarium dotted with stars.
Quo Vadis | Henryk Sienkiewicz
British Dictionary definitions for velarium
/ (vɪˈlɛərɪəm) /
an awning used to protect the audience in ancient Roman theatres and amphitheatres
Origin of velarium
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