trumeau


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
trumeau /truːˈməʊ/
noun (pl. trumeaux /-ˈməʊz/) Architecture a section of wall or a pillar between two openings, especially a pillar dividing a large doorway in a church.
– origin C19: from Fr., lit. ‘calf of the leg’.
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