chevet

[ shuh-vey ]

/ ʃəˈveɪ /

noun

an apse, as of a Gothic cathedral.

Origin of chevet

1800–10; <French, earlier chevès,Old French chevez ≪ Latin capitium opening or covering for the head. See caput

Words nearby chevet

cheval screen, chevaux-de-frise, chevee, chevelure, cheveret, chevet, cheville, Cheviot, Cheviot Hills, chevon, Chevra Kadisha

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Example sentences from the Web for chevet

This interesting church is largely Romanesque in style (tower, chevet and nave).
Rheims and the Battles for its Possession|Various
Cassion kept to the men along the bank below, while Chevet lay motionless beside a fire, smoking steadily.
Beyond the Frontier|Randall Parrish
The chevet of the choir extends, as it were, well into the nave, there being no transepts.
The Cathedrals of Northern France|Francis Miltoun
Let us now examine with some minuteness the arrangement of the plan of the chevet.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain|George Edmund Street

At No. 119 we see the chevet of the church St-Laurent, the only ancient part of the church as we know it.
Historic Paris|Jetta S. Wolff

British Dictionary definitions for chevet

chevet

/ (ʃəˈveɪ) /

noun

a semicircular or polygonal east end of a church, esp a French Gothic church, often with a number of attached apses

Word Origin for chevet

C19: from French: pillow, from Latin capitium, from caput head

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单词	chevet
释义	chevet [ shuh-vey ] / ʃəˈveɪ / noun an apse, as of a Gothic cathedral. Origin of chevet 1800–10; <French, earlier chevès,Old French chevez ≪ Latin capitium opening or covering for the head. See caput Words nearby chevet cheval screen, chevaux-de-frise, chevee, chevelure, cheveret, chevet, cheville, Cheviot, Cheviot Hills, chevon, Chevra Kadisha Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chevet This interesting church is largely Romanesque in style (tower, chevet and nave). Rheims and the Battles for its Possession\|Various Cassion kept to the men along the bank below, while Chevet lay motionless beside a fire, smoking steadily. Beyond the Frontier\|Randall Parrish The chevet of the choir extends, as it were, well into the nave, there being no transepts. The Cathedrals of Northern France\|Francis Miltoun Let us now examine with some minuteness the arrangement of the plan of the chevet. Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain\|George Edmund Street At No. 119 we see the chevet of the church St-Laurent, the only ancient part of the church as we know it. Historic Paris\|Jetta S. Wolff British Dictionary definitions for chevet chevet / (ʃəˈveɪ) / noun a semicircular or polygonal east end of a church, esp a French Gothic church, often with a number of attached apses Word Origin for chevet C19: from French: pillow, from Latin capitium, from caput head Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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