Architecture. A sunk panel in a ceiling or soffit, of ornamental character, usually decorated in the centre with a flower or the like.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > sunk panel (8) coffer1664 Architecture. A sunk panel in a ceiling or soffit, of ornamental character, usually decorated in the centre with a flower or the like. lunette1722 Architecture. A crescentiform or semicircular space in a ceiling, dome, etc., decorated with paintings or sculptures; a piece of decoration… cradle1823 Architecture and Building. (See quots.; also coffer, n. 5a.) lacunars1823 In plural. The sunken panels in such a ceiling. coffering1845 Architecture. Cf. coffer, n. 5; coffered, adj. 2. cassoon1850 Architecture. A sunken panel; = caisson, n. 1a 3. lunetta1898 = lunette, n. 4b. caisson- Architecture. ‘A sunken panel in ceilings, vaults, and cupolas’. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. |
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