laquearn.
/ˈlakwiːɑː/ a. Architecture. (See quots.)
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > band
postbanda1425
laquear1706
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > ceiling > [noun] > types of
lacec1330
plancher1561
concameration1644
fasciaa1652
laqueary1656
cant-ceiling1688
laquear1706
string-piece1789
coved ceiling1796
concha1832
false ceiling1870
wagon-ceiling1875
suspended ceiling1933
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Laquear (in Archit.), a Roof, the inward Roof of a House; the Roof of a Chamber embowed, channelled, and done with Fret-work.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 992 at Lacunar The ceiling of any part in architecture receives the name of lacunar only when it consists of compartments sunk or hollowed, without spaces or bands, between the panels; if it is with bands, it is called laquear.
b. Anatomy. (See quot. 1888.)
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1883 J. M. Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Women (ed. 2) xvi. 154 Where the disease attacks only parts of the passage, as the laquear.
1888 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Laquear, the roof of a part.
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