cilery

noun

variants or cillery

plural -es

obsolete

: the carved ornamentation of the capital of a column

Word History

Etymology

alteration of earlier celure bed canopy, bed hangings, tapestry, from Middle English celure, sillour, siller, from Old French celeure ceiling, canopy, from Medieval Latin celatura canopy, carved ceiling, from Latin caelatura carving, from caelare to carve

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