CILERY


Meaning of CILERY in English

noun

or cillery

( -es )

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 — more at ceil

obsolete : the carved ornamentation of the capital of a column

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