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pavilionn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French pavillioun, pavelon. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman pavillioun, pavilloun, paviloun, pavelion, pavelionne and Old French pavelon, pauvellon, Middle French pawillon, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French pavillon military tent (early 12th cent.; 1681 in heraldry), square ancillary building (1503; 1690 in sense ‘solitary, decorative building’), nautical flag or ensign (1541), bell of a wind instrument (1636 of a trumpet; compare pavillon n.), pavilion of the ear (1800 in pavillon d'oreille ) < classical Latin pāpiliōn- , pāpiliō butterfly, moth (see papilio n.), in post-classical Latin also tent, pavilion (Vetus Latina, Vulgate; probably originally army slang), probably from the similarity of shape when the ends of the covering are turned over at the entrance of the tent (as suggested already by authors as early as Jerome and Isidore). Compare Old Occitan pavalho, pavalhon (c1150), pabalho, pabalhon (13th cent.; Occitan pabalhon), Catalan †papalló (13th cent.), pavelló (a1380), Spanish pabellón (1459 as pavellón, < Middle French), Italian padiglione (13th cent.); also Middle Dutch paviljoen (Dutch paviljoen).The β. forms arose from vocalization and loss of -v-. I. A tent or tent-like building. 1. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > [noun] > that which overhangs > like a roof α. c1225 Worcester Glosses to Old Eng. Homilies in (1928) 52 24 Getelde : pauilun. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 1116 Þe emperour adde ipiȝt his pauilons [v.rr. pauelon, pauylon]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 169 Cirus sette his pauilouns wiþ ynne þe lond. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 163 (MED) Þei leden hire houses with hem vpon chariottes as men don tentes or pauylliouns [?a1425 Egerton pafeliouns]. 1481 W. Caxton tr. (1970) 56 He hath gunnes, bombardes tentes and pauyllyons. 1535 1 Kings xx. 12 Whan Benadab herde yt (euen as he was drynkinge with the kynges in ye pauylion). 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus iii. 165 His owne great tent is pitched in a fower square forme like vnto a castle... This royal pauilion hath fower gates. 1634 T. Herbert 54 A mile from this Towne we see threescore blacke Pauillions... These are a people, who liue wholy in Tents, and obserue the customes of the Tartars. 1682 J. Bunyan 175 I will remove my royal pavilion, I will draw up my forces.., and so will march forwards into the town of Mansoul. 1745 E. Haywood I. ii. 108 That Officer, who, when he might have a good Tent.., chose to lie on the bare Earth..had an equal Share of Vanity with him who had his Pavilion hung with Velvet and Embroidery. 1774 T. Warton (1840) I. Diss. iii. p. cxc The royal pavilion, or booth, which stood in the fair about 1280. 1849 A. H. Layard I. i. iv. 91 Amongst them rose the white pavilions of the Turkish irregular cavalry. 1891 O. Wilde xi. 217 Pietro Riario..who received Leonora of Aragon in a pavilion of white and crimson silk. 1958 T. H. White iv. xii. 653 The tent was poor and shabby, compared with the splendid pavilions of the English knights. 1993 B. King & A. Chambers (BNC) 72 In desperation, Tyrion pulled her from her silk pavilion and cut a bloody path clear of the massacre. β. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius (Douce) f. 23 (MED) Þe banereres & pynnoneres and þe comyng oost schal pycche here tentes and here paulyouns.1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 139 Sum lugit without the townys In tentis and in palȝeownys.1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 466 The kingis palȝone quhar-on the libardis baid.1508 (Chepman & Myllar) sig. aviv Thai plantit doun ane pailyeoun vpone ane plane lee.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1895) II. 4 Edward..cumis in Scotl. with ane armie, and stentis his palliounis att Renfrow.c1626 H. Bisset (1922) II. 230 To rander all powlder harnes palions and ankeris of schipis brocht agane fra the wayagis to serve eftirwarde in the kingis wearis.1647 in H. Lumsden (1910) I. 258 For dressing the palȝeoun and stenting of it.?a1700 xv They lighted high on Otterbourne, And threw their pallions down.?c1425 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Royal 17 D.vi) (1860) 2 (MED) I sawe..Where seurte for to abide hir caste; In povere estate she pight hir pavyloun. a1450 Lessons of Dirige (Digby) 313 in J. Kail (1904) 117 (MED) Þy pauylon of mercy be on hem pyȝt, To reste fro pyne. 1535 2 Sam. xxii. 12 He made darknes his pauylion rounde aboute him, thicke water in the cloudes of ye ayre. a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1590) i. iii. sig. C1v Flowers, which being vnder the trees, the trees were to them a Pauilion, and they to the trees a mosaical floore. a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Little Bartas in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas (1621) 778 Then was the Heav'ns azure Pavilion spred, And with Spur-Royalls spangled over head. a1672 P. Sterry (1675) 214 God himself upon the golden Mercy-Seat,..within the golden Wings which the Cherubims of Glory spread round about it to make a Pavilion for it. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer IV. xix. 516 The warm pavilion of a dreadful boar. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft viii. 306 There are..trials when the good man must appeal to God..and amidst the whining candour or hissings of envy, erect a pavilion in his own mind to retire to. 1820 P. B. Shelley Sensitive Plant in 160 Flowrets which..Fell into pavilions..To roof the glow-worm from the evening dew. 1882 G. F. Armstrong 8 I have tented the nymphs of the rills in pavilions of frozen spray. 1931 V. Woolf 59 There are hours and hours..before I can let my tree grow, quivering in green pavilions above my head. c. Heraldry. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > extra-scutal devices > [noun] > drapery a1725 A. Nisbet (1742) II. iv. xiii. 141 The Rise and Original of the Usage of Manteauxes and Pavilions in Armories..are supposed by the most judicious Heralds to have their beginnings from the Ceremonials of Tournaments and Justings. 1728 E. Chambers Pavillion, in Heraldry, a Covering in form of a Tent, which invests, or wraps up the Armories of divers Kings. 1977 O. Neubecker 47 The armorial drape, which together with the dome from which it falls forms the armorial pavilion, is held up by cords at the side. 1725 J. Coats (rev. ed.) (at cited word) The Pavillions as we generally represent them are round at the Top,..as we see in the Company of Merchant Taylors of London. 1894 H. Gough & J. Parker (new ed.) 569 Sable, three pavilions argent, lined ermine—Company of Upholders, Chester. 2004 www.scadian.net 10 Feb. (O.E.D Archive) Argent, in pale a leather camel saddle proper, two scimitars in saltire sable, and a pavilion, all within a bordure vert. 2. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > canopy a1509 (?1468) Acct. Marriage Margaret of York in (1846) 31 335 Apone the saide table xvi dishes, every dishe pavilioned, one every pavillion a penon of armes; And whan the Duke was sett, the tentes and pavilions were takine from the messes. 1538 in J. B. Paul (1907) VII. 29 Grene dammes to be ane pavilȝeoun to the kingis stule of eis. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay ii. xxii. 60 b This vessel thus garnished is..couered with a rich pauillion of veluet or crimson satten set with gold and siluer. 1903 C. H. Bowden Pavilion, 1. A conical canopy of red and yellow stripes, resembling an umbrella, used during processions in Basilicas; 2. Also applied to the tabernacle veil and that which covers the pyx. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > other heraldic representations > [noun] > architectural features society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > other parts of theatre > [noun] > parts of ancient Greek or Roman theatre 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei 320 Workmen, who..went to the top of the Building, to manage the Curtain or Pavilion. 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei 347 This Pavilion was called Vela, or Velarium by the Latins. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > ornamental building the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > protective > building 1616 T. Roe 11 Mar. (1899) I. 143 The Prince Sultan Coronne had at the lefte syde a Pauilion, the supporters wherof were Couered with Siluer... The forme therof was Square; the matter wood, inlayd with mother of pearle, borne vp with fower pillars and Couered with Cloth of gould. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot i. 23 On the side of the Port, over against Galata, there is a Kiousk or Pavillion upon the Key. 1695 P. Motteux tr. F. Pidou de St. Olon 76 Some little Pavillions or Summer-Houses,..in each of which is a Fountain and a Watering-place for Horses. 1748 Lady Luxborough Let. Aug. in (1775) 38 My pavillion, when almost finished, was pulled down again in part, to add to it a shrine for Venus. 1753 S. Richardson III. xxviii. 293 The Marchioness came to them..from one of the pavillions in the garden. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in IV. 449 [Description of rotunda in Vauxhall-gardens] The pavillions or alcoves are ornamented with paintings... Each pavillion has a table in it, that will hold six or eight persons. 1823 Ld. Byron lxxxiii. 156 Shut up—no, not the King, but the Pavilion, Or else 'twill cost us all another million. 1846 C. Dickens (1848) viii Berry brought out a little work-box, with the Royal Pavilion on the lid. 1893 23 May 2/3 Dover..the chief of the Cinque Ports has hitherto remained in the ordinary sense pierless... The something wanting was a promenade pier with pavilion and band. 1933 J. Hilton iii. 80 A group of coloured pavilions clung to the mountainside with none of the grim deliberation of a Rhineland castle, but rather with the chance delicacy of flower-petals impaled upon a crag. 1986 D. Moore (1987) vi. 150 John Pritchard conducts the LPO's second concert of the winter season at the White Rock Pavilion. 2000 M. Barrowcliffe xv. 409 We went to the Pavilion, the Regency folly with its curry-house domes and pillars. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > projecting subdivision c1676 C. Wren in R. Willis & J. W. Clark (1886) II. 534 The building next the court with the pavillions for the stairecases. a1684 J. Evelyn anno 1645 (1955) II. 418 The House is a Square of 4 Pavilions. 1721 207 Each Corner of this main Building has a fair Pavillion, one for the Governor's Lodging and Council-Chamber. 1728 E. Chambers (at cited word) Pavillions are sometimes also projecting Pieces, in the Facade of a Building, marking the Middle thereof; sometimes the Pavillion flanks a Corner, in which Case 'tis call'd Angular Pavillion. 1850 J. Weale iii. 328/1 Pavilion,..an insulated turret, contained under a single roof, sometimes square and sometimes dome-formed; named from its resemblance to the roof of a tent. 1893 27 Apr. 5/5 Each corner is adorned with a spire-crowned pavilion. 1933 74 facing p. 47 (caption) The variety of colour in the different plywood, plaster board and asbestos cement coverings placed on the steel pavilions. 1988 Winter 41/1 The other print shows the library, situated on the first floor of the eastern pavilion. society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun] > pavilion 1799 1 June 3/4 The colours..were presented..to the corps in Lord's cricket ground... After the military ceremony was over, the Earl and Countess..partook of a cold collation provided for them in the pavillion. 1853 F. Gale 10 All of a sudden the bell from the Pavilion strikes up, and the ground is gradually cleared. 1891 W. G. Grace vii. 207 The handsome pavilion which was recently built [at Lord's]... It is capable of accommodating 3,000 people. 1928 11 Mar. 13/3 The Longchamp tote..will unify the betting in all three parts of the course—paddock, pavilion and pélouse. 1976 25 June 51/1 Stony Stratford Football Club suffered another bad blow last week when their pavilion was destroyed by fire. 2002 (Nexis) 7 Nov. b26 One of the..batsmen..was so dazed when he lost his wicket that he carried a stump back to the pavilion rather than his bat. the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > one of hospital buildings 1818 Rep. Commissioners Univ. Virginia in (1984) 458 They are of opinion that it [sc. the site for the University of Virginia] should consist of distinct houses or pavilions, arranged at proper distances on each side of a lawn..; that these pavilions should be united by a range of dormitories..; and that a passage of some kind, under cover from the weather, should give a communication along the whole range. 1859 F. Nightingale 8 The example which France and Belgium have lately set us of separating their hospitals into a number of distinct pavilions. 1864 E. A. Parkes i. ix. 298 The hospitals are to be formed by detached buildings, or pavilions arranged in line, or side by side. 1937 26 July 69/1 Mr. Watson left Berlin for Paris where he had a duty..to open the U.S. Pavilion... This had cost more than $200,000. 1992 11 July 17/4 The keepers in the Sobell pavilions for apes and monkeys [at London Zoo] held an open evening. 1890 (at cited word) In apiculture, the middle hive in a collateral system. II. Extended and technical uses. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > lawyer's robe c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. 452 Shal no seriaunte for þat seruyse were a selk houe, Ne pelour in hys paueylon [v.r. pauiloun; c1400 B text cloke] for pledyng at þe barre. society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > naval or merchant 1572 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers (1872) 339 William Kello..is becumit causcioun..to deliuer the pavaleoun of the burgh of Peblis..quhilk my lord provest borrowit to the perambuling of his landis. 1584 (1908) 84 That thair be provydit for service of the tounschipe ane commoun swesche and ane handsenyie, with ane palȝeoun. 1661 King Charles II in J. M. Cartwright (1894) 111 Certainly never any ships refused to strike their pavilion when they met any ships belonging to the Crowne of England. 1696 E. Phillips (new ed.) Pavilion,..the Flag of a General Officer in a Fleet. 1778 J. Adams 29 Mar. (1961) II. 290 The Pilot says War is declared, last Wednesday, and that the Pavillions were hoisted Yesterday at every Fort and Light House. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > litter 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius xliv. §439 Closely covered, a litter; borne up above ground, a sedan; having a delicate cover besides, a pavillion [L. pilentum]. a1701 H. Maundrell (1703) 126 A large Pavillion of black silk, pitch'd upon the back of a very great Camel, and spreading it's Curtains all round about the Beast. society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [noun] > parts of > end 1688 R. Holme (1905) iii. xvi. 60/2 The Povilion, the wide end of the trumpett. 1875 E. H. Knight III. 1642/1 The insertion of the hand into the pavilion of the French horn regulates the inflection of the sounds. the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > petal > petals or corolla 1731 J. Martyn tr. L. Garcin in (Royal Soc.) 36 386 The Musa is a Liliaceous Plant, with a monopetalous, irregular Flower,..composed of a Tube, which is filled with the Ovary, and a Pavilion divided into several Lobes, and forming a kind of Mouth. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre (1799) II. 108 You distinguish in them [sc. papilionaceous flowers] a pavilion, two wings, and a ridge. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > diamond > [noun] > of specific type of cut > parts of cut diamond 1750 D. Jeffries Explan. Terms Pavilions are the under sides and corners of the Brilliants and lie between the girdle and the collet. 1867 R. Hunt (ed. 6) II. 22 Under-skill facets are wrought on the pavilions, and terminate in the girdle. 1973 G. A. Browne viii. 81 The stone..was clear as water, as only the very best diamonds are... Its pavilion, the lower part of the stone, was..perfect. 2002 (Nexis) 1 Oct. 71 Near-colorless diamonds have no visible color face up but do have a very slight suggestion of color—yellow, brown, or gray—visible through the pavilion. society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > gold 1757 A. C. Ducarel v. 25 A Royal or Pavillion..the prince appears bare-headed under a magnificent pavilion. 1837 VII. 331/1 Edward the Black Prince added the hardi of gold and the pavilion. 1890 (at cited word) The pavilion d'or (‘gold pavilion’) was a French gold coin struck by Philip VI. of Valois in the fourteenth century: it weighed about 79 grains. 1890 (caption) Pavilion of Edward the Black Prince, British Museum. 1997 J. Williams iii. 83/1 Gold pavilion of Philip vi, King of France (1328–50), showing the king beneath a canopy decorated with fleurs-de-lis. 16. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [noun] > flap or lobe 1842 R. Dunglison (ed. 3) (at cited word) The Pavilion of the Ear..is seated behind the cheeks, beneath the temple and anterior to the mastoid process. 1879 18 Jan. 90/1 The diseases of the pavilion and the external auditory meatus are then referred to. 1889 2 366 The more important anomalies and variations in the form of the pavilion of the ear which have been noted by anthropologists. 1975 23 (Suppl.) 120 (title) Malformation of the pavilion of the ear and the urinary tract. 1997 21 159 The reconstruction of the ear pavilion includes at least two stages... Cophosurgery may also be performed during the third stage or in an interval between two stages of pavilion construction. the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] > Fallopian tubes > end of 1848 R. Dunglison (ed. 7) 634/1 Pavilion, the French give the name pavillon to the expanded extremity of a canal or cavity, for example, of a catheter, sound, &c.] 1850 R. P. Thomas tr. P. Cazeaux 62 This termination constitutes the pavilion, or fimbriated extremity (the morsus diaboli). 1877 (Royal Soc.) 166 571 Close to the mouth of each tube was a pavilion for the lodgment of the ovary. 1960 16 July 129/2 Over the ovarian pole an oviduct with a pavilion at its free end was noted. 2004 117 245/1 The right fallopian pavilion was adherent to a clot in the Douglas pouch. Compounds C1. a. 1624 J. Webster sig. B Iohn of Yeacksley, King Edward the thirds Pavilion maker. 2003 (Nexis) 27 Jan. Producing better quality products gives the pavilion-maker a competitive advantage in the worldwide market. a1600 Battle of Balrinnes in J. G. Dalyell (1801) II. 350 He said, ere he should ceass, The standing stonnes of Strathbolgie Schould be his palione place. 1990 A. Leonard (BNC) 65 He ran to the shelter of a pavilion place and so did I. 1853 10 Mar. 5/5 The prisoner attended a ball at the Pavilion Rooms [in Brighton]. 1876 J. D. McCabe 521 These [galleries] connect north and south into private apartments which connect with the pavilion rooms. 1997 (Nexis) 16 Feb. The best hotel is the Banyan Tree, which has attractive pavilion rooms..styled on Thai temples. b. (In sense 13). 1813 J. Mawe i. 58 The collet side [of a brilliant] is occupied by four irregular pentagons alternating with as many irregular lozenges, radiating from the collet as a centre, and usually called the pavilion facets. 1951 M. L. Wolf 506/1 Pavilion facet, in lapidary art, one of the four largest facets in the pavilion of a brilliant (q.v.).They are pentagonal in form, and surround the culet, their points reaching to the girdle. 1995 (Nexis) 24 Sept. 17 The stone is now turned over and four corresponding pavilion facets are cut and polished below. C2. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > canopied bed 1704 No. 4033/4 A Pavilion Bed of strip'd Worsted Stuff. 1768 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy 321 Silvio reposed himself on a pavilion bed. 1639 in C. Innes (1859) 284 Lewelling the said crinell for ane pawilioun reiff [= roof]. 1797 J. B. Bordley Sketches on Rotations of Crops in R. Parkinson (1805) II. 696 The eaves [of the ice-house] were boarded up, but not close, and the principal vent was at the top of a pavilion roof. 1824 D. Douglas 10 & 11 Aug. (1914) 80 There are four rows of houses..built of wood, ten feet square with pavilion roofs. 1908 21 July 15/3 He cut and drove with great freedom, hitting one six, which landed on the pavilion roof. 2003 (Nexis) 30 May With the addition of a canopy, pavilion roofs, a stucco facade, trees and other landscaping, a nondescript tilt-up concrete structure will be transformed into [etc.]. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > rope 1496 in T. Dickson (1877) I. 291 Pailȝoune tow. a1578 R. Lindsay (1899) I. 175 [He] desyrit thame to tak ane of his awin pallieȝoun towis..and bind his handis. 1863 Oct. 490 This plan consists in having distinct buildings for each ward, connected by airy corridors, and is called the pavilion system. 1872 3 Dec. 5/4 I renew the recommendation..for the erection of pavilion hospitals at New York, San Francisco and Pittsburg. 1934 14 Apr. 113/3 The ‘pavilion’ system enables a school to be added to as necessary without rebuilding. 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris 1375/1 [Samuel P. Moore] is credited with the introduction of hospital ‘huts’, the forerunner of the pavilion hospital. 2001 (Nexis) 16 Feb. 28 The Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse, Plymouth..was planned on the pavilion principle, with ward-blocks linked by a single-storey Tuscan colonnade. Derivatives 1632 W. Lithgow x. 429 There Fabrickes are aduanced three or foure yardes high, Pauillion-like incircling. 1876 Sept. 746/1 The pavilion-like tops of the Government and Women's Buildings are clearly conspicuous. 1988 M. Keane (BNC) 5 She crossed the pavilion-like hallway—useful only to light the double staircase through its long floor-to-ceiling window. 1725 D. Defoe ii. 60 Beds, made Pavillion-wise, after the Spanish Custom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). pavilionv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pavilion n. Usually in passive; see also pavilioned adj. 1. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > pitch (tent or camp) [verb (transitive)] > place in camp c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) 2038 (MED) Darries folk was..ypaueillound [a1425 Linc. Inn ypauelounded] in a pleyn. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. ii. 129 They know your Grace hath cause, and means, and..loyall Subiects, Whose hearts haue left their bodyes here in England, And lye pauillion'd in the fields of France. View more context for this quotation 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer V. xx. 9 Thus pavilion'd in the porch he lay. 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens 452 Sinai..whose trembling cliffs of yore In fire and darkness, deep pavilion'd, bore The Hebrews' God. 1818 J. Keats ii. 56 A wild rose tree Pavilions him in bloom. 1833 R. Grant in E. Bickersteth 17 Our shield and defender the Ancient of days, Pavilioned in splendor And girded with praise. 1872 E. F. Burr vi. iv. 174 A framer of nature..whose smallest deeds have from the hoary everlasting been pavilioned and charioted toward being amid the glories of Almighty Omniscience. 1939 R. Pitter 7 She knows the star, and she regards it not, Pavilioned in the citron-coloured eve. 1978 9 Sept. 12/4 Here, pavilioned in splendour, are two quite remarkable libraries. 1988 (Nexis) 16 July The SDP, facing its first solo test and pavilioning its candidate in pictures and messages. the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] a1509 (?1468) Acct. Marriage Margaret of York in (1846) 31 335 (MED) Apone the saide table xvi dishes, every dishe pavilioned, one every pavillion a penon of armes. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > pitch (tent or camp) [verb (transitive)] > set (a place) with tents 1667 J. Milton xi. 215 The field Pavilion'd with his Guardians bright. View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1225 v.c1400 |