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