cul-de-lampen.
/kuːdˈlɒmp//kuːl də ˈlɒmp/ 1. Architecture. An ornamental support of inverted conical form; a pendant of the same form.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Cul de Lamp, a French Term..used in Architecture for several Decorations, both of Masonry and Joinery, found in Vaults and Ceilings, to finish the bottom of Works, and wreath'd somewhat in manner of a Testudo.
1833 J. Dallaway Disc. Archit. Eng. (Stanf.) 94 The roof has several pendents (culs de lampe).
2. Printing. An ornament used to fill up a blank space in a page, as at the end of a chapter when the matter stops short of the bottom.
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1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor i, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 24 An ornamented and illustrated edition, with heads, vignettes, and culs de lampe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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