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lardose Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈlɑːdəʊs| Also 6 laordose. [? a. F. l'ardoise (ardoise slate, with prefixed article).] The name given to the screen at the back of the high altar of Durham cathedral.
1593Anc. Mon. Rites, etc. Durham (Surtees) 6 Betwixt the said High Altar and St. Cuthbert's Feriture is all of French Peere..with faire Images of alabaster being most finely gilted, beinge called in the antient history the Laordose [ed. 1672 Lardose], the said curious workmanshipp of French Peere or Laordose reachinge in hight almost to the middle vault. 1838Britton Dict. Archit., Lardose, a corruption of the French term l'arrière dos, employed to designate the high altar-screen of Durham Cathedral. 1850in Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. |