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单词 rinceau
释义

rinceaun.

Brit. /ˈrãsəʊ/, U.S. /rænˈsoʊ/
Inflections: Plural rinceaux.
Forms: 1700s rainceau, 1700s rainçeau, 1800s– rinceau.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rinceau.
Etymology: < French rinceau (1360 in Middle French as rainseau in this sense; c1200 in Old French as rainsel in sense ‘small branch’) < an unattested post-classical Latin form *ramuscellus small branch (compare Italian ramoscello (a1306 as ramoscel )), alteration (see -ellus -ellus suffix) of post-classical Latin ramusculus small branch (see ramusculus n.).
Art and Architecture.
An ornamental motif consisting of a band of scrolling or spiralling foliage (esp. vine or acanthus leaves), frequently carved, moulded, or painted; (also) a decorative border featuring this.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > curves or spirals
oundingc1390
bendc1535
wrall1540
tirl1597
scroll1611
gadroon1694
scroll-work1739
queen's pattern1769
rinceau1773
cartouchea1776
curlicue1844
wave1845
scrollage1847
ogee1851
rope border1855
gadrooning1856
rope-work1866
vermiculation1866
ringing1885
scrollery1892
twirligig1902
C-scroll1904
trumpet spiral1936
trumpet pattern1937
koru1938
1773 R. Adam & J. Adam Wks. in Archit. I. Pref. 6 We..have added grace and beauty to the whole, by a mixture of grotesque (E) stucco, and painted ornaments, together with the flowing rainçeau (F), with its fanciful figures and winding foliage.
?1779 ‘R. Shanhagan’ Exhibition 15 How will your spirits rejoice when they see them..tracing every inflection of moulding, every winding of the flowing Rainceau, and converting every accidental stroke of the chisel into beauty?
1825 T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. II. xx. 850/1 Diloris Vestis..Ornamented with two bands of purple, or two Rinceaux, embroidered with gold.
1896 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 11 313 The words verde, rosso, written at..different parts of the rinceau.
1917 A. D. F. Hamlin Hist. Ornament vii. 98 The rinceau..which is a combination of the S-line, the spiral, the vine-motive and the acanthus leaf, was developed during the Alexandrian age into an ornament which has contributed a most important element into the splendor of Roman, medieval and modern art.
1941 Burlington Mag. July 25/1 There is an eagle at each corner with rinceaux, and above are half-compartments with garlands.
2007 A. H. S. Megaw Kourion ii. vi. 257/1 [The lintel] is decorated with an acanthus rinceau enclosing a single pomegranate within each scroll.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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