| 单词 | engaged tower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasengaged tower a. Architecture. engaged column, one partly let into a wall in the rear. engaged tower (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > specific types of columns rockeOE obelisk1587 lotus column1800 tetrapleuron1837 annulated column1842 engaged column1847 1847 Eng. Ecclesiology 154 Of the quadrangular tower there are two varieties: the one where it is engaged, i.e. has the aisles flush with its western face. 1867 A. Barry Life & Wks. Sir C. Barry ii. 51 Engaged columns—colonnades walled up. 1880 C. T. Newton Ess. Art & Archæol. iii. 83 A Doric peristyle with engaged columns. 1882 Athenæum No. 2859. 212 The later pillars of the nave..are accompanied by eight engaged shafts. 1886 Athenæum 21 Aug. 248/1 The church at Acton possesses what is called an engaged tower. < as lemmas |
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