单词 | chambranle |
释义 | chambranlen. Architecture. An ornamental frame around the top and sides of a door, window, or fireplace. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > door or window ornaments frontal1578 antepagment1658 frieze-panel1678 chambranle1692 rybat1720 placard1728 window screen1772 window dressing1774 midwall shaft1872 lambrequin1883 frieze-rail- 1692 tr. C. Perrault Abridgm. Archit. Vitruvius i. 79 The Chambranle or Door-Case is composed of two Pieds-droits, or Piers, and the Lintel which also supports a Frise, which has likewise its Cornich. 1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 108 Without the Chambranle is a Plat-Band..called a Montant or Window-post. 1765 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II Placard in architecture, denotes the decoration of the door of an apartment, consisting of a chambranle, crowned with its frieze or gorge, and a corniche, sometimes supported by consoles. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 948 s.v. The top of a three-sided chambranle is called the transverse, and the sides ascendants. 1854 O. A. Browson Spirit-rapper x. 147 The utensils of the toilet suddenly quitted the chambranle on which they were placed. 1903 Burlington Mag. Mar. 87/2 The doors are carved, and the finely worked chambranles of the doors and windows are in gilt-bronze. 1958 D. Nussey tr. E. Mâle Gothic Image ii. 86 The bas-reliefs on the façade of the cathedral at Reims (left porch, chambranle)..are very obscure. 2000 Jrnl. Soc. Archit. Historians 59 361/1 Openings are generally set within a recessed frame, or chambranle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1692 |
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