trumeau

[trʊ'mo]
  • n. (二窗或二门间的)间壁或间柱

英文词源


trumeau (n.)
1883, in architecture, "piece of a wall between two openings," as the central pillar of a great doorway," from French trumeau, literally "calf of the leg" (12c.), from a Germanic source (compare German Trumm "end, stump," Swedish dialectal tromm "stump, end of a log").

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