单词 | tivertine stone |
释义 | > as lemmasTivertine stone A white or light-coloured concretionary limestone used in building, formed by the precipitation of calcium carbonate from springs, or from ground or surface water; = travertine n. More fully Tivertine stone.Chiefly in the context of Italian architecture. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > travertine toph stonea1552 Tivertine1663 travertine1669 tophus-stone1830 1663 G. Richards tr. A. Palladio 1st Bk. Archit. viii. 12 For this reason the Ancients us'd to pave the Plain with Tivertine [printed Tiver-vertine at line break] [It. Teuertino], and we lay Plankes and Beames and build thereon. 1766 J. Northall Trav. through Italy ii. iii. 131 The building is of stone, brought from Tivoli, and called Tivertine. 1819 Galignani's Traveller's Guide through Italy vi. 273 The Castle of St. Angelo [had]..a vast rotunda, built with Tivertine stone. < as lemmas |
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