Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large map designed to be hung upon the wall of a room and to be read while in this position.
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Examples
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Wiki says that under the Second Empire, Marat was seen as a revolutionary monster and Corday as a heroine of France, as represented in the wall-map.
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Wiki says that under the Second Empire, Marat was seen as a revolutionary monster and Corday as a heroine of France, as represented in the wall-map.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Rebus and Kilpatrick were approaching a very large man who was standing in front of a wall-map.
Mortal Causes Rankin, Ian 1994
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Wyatt-Turner, a big, red-faced, heavily moustached colonel, tapped his cane against a. wall-map of Germany, pointing to a spot just north of the Austrian border and a little west of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967
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Admiral Holland spoke gently and for the first time, moving from the wall-map to join the group.
Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967
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He thought of the wall-map in the abbey's library, and of the sparse distribution of the crosshatched areas, which were regions-if not of civilization-then of civil order, where some form of lawful sovereignty, transcending the tribal, held sway.
A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959
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It was an admirable excuse, when I reached my office that day, for a resigned study of the Continental Bradshaw, and an order to Carter to unroll a great creaking wall-map of Germany and find me Flensburg.
The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955
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For each successive discovery had been carefully noted at the famous Sagres settlement, and these had been worked up by an Italian monk named Fra Mauro into an enormous wall-map over six feet across, crammed with detail -- the work of three years 'incessant labour.
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A wall-map had already been designed by order of Augustus to hang in
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Size is about 40×62 inches, mounted on linen, and folded in a case; or as a wall-map with rollers.
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