CUL-DE-FOUR


Meaning of CUL-DE-FOUR in English

|kəldə̇|fu̇(ə)r also |ku̇l-, F ku̅e̅dfüür noun

( plural culs-de-four “)

Etymology: French, literally, bottom of an oven

1. : a vault shaped like a quarter sphere or like a hemisphere

2. : vault — compare semidome

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