Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ceiling which consists of sunk or hollowed compartments having bands or spaces between. See
lacunar .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) A lacunar.
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Examples
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As Prof. Nettleship has pointed out, this seems to indicate that there are two words, _laquear_ from _laqueus_, meaning chain or network, and _lacuar_ or _lacunar_ from _lacus_, meaning sunk work.
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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The sunk or hollow compartments, which form the laquear of this depressed vault, differ considerably in shape and arrangement from those which were adopted when it was finally rejected.
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti John Addington Symonds 1866
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