单词 | funeral column |
释义 | > as lemmasfuneral column funeral column n. a column which serves as a memorial to the dead, esp. one marking a place of burial. ΚΠ 1730 E. Oakley Mag. Archit., Perspective, & Sculpt. ii. 72 This Plate contains various Designs of Pedestals..; the first Five are for Figures sitting or standing; 6 and 8 for Funeral Columns. 1838 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 240/1 They proceeded together to a cemetery which was formerly that of the Moors. Here and there were still to be seen little funeral columns. 1998 Jrnl. World Hist. 9 163 The Punan Ba adorned their carved funeral columns with porcelain to celebrate the heroic loss of fellow warriors. < as lemmas |
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