pavilion.
An ornate tent.
Meaning & usage
An ornate tent.
A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
Only one player has hit a six over the Lord's pavillion.
A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
A flag, ensign, or banner.
A flag, ensign, or banner. A flag or ensign carried at the gaff of the mizzenmast.
An ornate tent, used either as a charge or bearing, or surrounding a shield as or atop the mantling.
A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pavilloun, from Anglo-Norman pavilloun, from Latin pāpiliōnem, form of pāpiliō (“butterfly, moth”) (due to resemblance of tent to a butterfly’s wings), of unknown origin. Doublet of papilio and papillon. Cognate to French pavillon (“pavilion”) and papillon (“butterfly”), and similar terms in other Romance languages.
To furnish with a pavilion.
To put inside a pavilion.
To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour, And girded with praise").
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pavilloun, from Anglo-Norman pavilloun, from Latin pāpiliōnem, form of pāpiliō (“butterfly, moth”) (due to resemblance of tent to a butterfly’s wings), of unknown origin. Doublet of papilio and papillon. Cognate to French pavillon (“pavilion”) and papillon (“butterfly”), and similar terms in other Romance languages.
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