单词 | cul-de-lampe |
释义 | ‖ cul-de-lampe|kydlɑ̃p, often kyl də lɑ̃ːp| Pl. culs-de-lampe. [F. = lamp-bottom: the shape of the ornament suggesting the bottom of an ancient lamp.] 1. Arch. An ornamental support of inverted conical form; a pendant of the same form.
1727–51Chambers Cycl., Cul de lamp, a French term..applied in architecture to several decorations, both of masonry and joinery, used, in vaults and cielings, to finish the bottom of works, and wreathed somewhat in manner of a testudo. 1833J. Dallaway Disc. Archit. Eng., &c. 94 (Stanford) The roof has several pendents (culs de lampe). 2. Printing. An ornament used to fill up a blank space in a page, as at the end of a chapter when the matter stops short of the bottom.
1818Scott Br. Lamm. i, An ornamented and illustrated edition, with heads, vignettes, and culs de lampe. |

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