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fenestella|fɛnɪˈstɛlə|
[a. L. fenestella, dim. of fenestra window.]
1. Arch.
a. A small window-like niche in the wall on the south side of the altar, containing the piscina and often the credence.
1797Gentl. Mag. LXVII. ii. 649 A fenestella in the South wall of the chancel. 1839Stonehouse Axholme 226 The fenestella, or small niche, contained a vessel, bason, or piscina, for washing the hands. 1843Ecclesiologist II. 56 A Fenestella with Credence-shelf.
b. A small window.
1848B. Webb Continent. Eccles. 57 The dwarf-wall is pierced by a broad fenestella with a trefoliated head. 1849Weale Dict. Terms 183/1 Fenestella..a little window.
2. Zool. (See quots.)
1849Murchison Siluria ix. (1867) 188 The species [of Lower Silurian Zoophytes] with a net-like form, Fenestella and Retepora. Ibid. x. (1867) 217 The beautiful little cup-shaped Fenestella of the Wenlock limestone. 1879Rossiter Dict. Sci. Terms, Fenestella, a polyzoon; known by many fossil remains in Devonian limestones and other rocks. |