† portailn.

Forms: late Middle English portayll, 1500s portaill (Scottish), 1500s–1800s portail, 1600s portaile.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French portail.

Etymology: < Middle French portail (French portail ) large or principal door or gate (of a church, a town, etc.) (early 13th cent.), originally a variant of portal portal n.¹, arising as a result of the shared plural ending -aux of both -al -al suffix¹ and -ail , suffix corresponding to classical Latin -āculum (compare attirail n.). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pō^ə·ɹtēⁱl) /ˈpɔəteɪl/.

Architecture. Obsolete.

A door, gate, etc.; = portal n.¹ 1. Also figurative and in extended use.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening which may be passed through > gate or gateway > stately

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of door > [noun] > large or elaborate

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1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxvi. 97 She wente vp vnto a hyhe portayll or yate.

1595 W. Lisle Babilon 17 Whiles the morning gay With Rainbow-glosse bedecks the portail of the day, Giue ear awhile.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. x. 368 They caused to be made a brasen portaile in the Capitoll.

1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xii. 110 My cheeks were so puft up with swelling pride, that they were resolved to close up the portails of my Opticks.

1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 129 The Portail or Frontispiece of a Church, Palace, or any other great Building, shou'd always have a Rise of some Steps.

1749 U. ap Rhys Acct. Places & Curiosities Spain & Portugal 47 It..has a noble Portail, in which are Three Gates.

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 590 Portail, the face of a church, on the side in which the great door is formed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	portail
释义	† portailn. Forms: late Middle English portayll, 1500s portaill (Scottish), 1500s–1800s portail, 1600s portaile. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French portail. Etymology: < Middle French portail (French portail ) large or principal door or gate (of a church, a town, etc.) (early 13th cent.), originally a variant of portal portal n.¹, arising as a result of the shared plural ending -aux of both -al -al suffix¹ and -ail , suffix corresponding to classical Latin -āculum (compare attirail n.). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pō^ə·ɹtēⁱl) /ˈpɔəteɪl/. Architecture. Obsolete. A door, gate, etc.; = portal n.¹ 1. Also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening which may be passed through > gate or gateway > stately portalc1400 portail1484 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of door > [noun] > large or elaborate portalc1400 portail1484 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxvi. 97 She wente vp vnto a hyhe portayll or yate. 1595 W. Lisle Babilon 17 Whiles the morning gay With Rainbow-glosse bedecks the portail of the day, Giue ear awhile. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. x. 368 They caused to be made a brasen portaile in the Capitoll. 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xii. 110 My cheeks were so puft up with swelling pride, that they were resolved to close up the portails of my Opticks. 1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 129 The Portail or Frontispiece of a Church, Palace, or any other great Building, shou'd always have a Rise of some Steps. 1749 U. ap Rhys Acct. Places & Curiosities Spain & Portugal 47 It..has a noble Portail, in which are Three Gates. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 590 Portail, the face of a church, on the side in which the great door is formed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1484
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