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Webster 1913 Edition


Pavilion

Pa-vil′ion

,
Noun.
[F.
pavillon
, fr. L.
pavilio
a butterfly, also, a tent, because spread out like a butterfly’s wings.]
1.
A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts.
“[The] Greeks do pitch their brave pavilions.”
Shak.
2.
(Arch.)
A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile.
3.
(Mil.)
A flag, colors, ensign, or banner.
4.
(Her.)
Same as
Tent
(Her.)
5.
That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of
Brilliant
.
6.
(Anat.)
The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
7.
A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
The
pavilion
of heaven is bare.
Shelley.

Pa-vil′ion

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pavilioned
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pavilioning
.]
To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents.
The field
pavilioned
with his guardians bright.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pavilion

PAVILION

,
Noun.
pavil'yun. [L. papilio, a butterfly, and a pavilion.]
1.
A tent; a temporary movable habitation.
2.
In architecture, a kind of turret or building, usually insulated and contained under a single roof; sometimes square and sometimes in the form of a dome. Sometimes a pavilion is a projecting part in the front of a building; sometimes it flanks a corner.
3.
In military affairs, a tent raised on posts. The word is sometimes used for a flag, colors, ensign or banner.
4.
In heraldry, a covering in form of a tent,investing the armories of kings.
5.
Among jewelers,the under side and corner of brilliants, lying between the girdle and collet.

Definition 2024


pavilion

pavilion

English

Noun

pavilion (plural pavilions)

  1. an ornate tent
  2. a light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
  3. a structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
  4. (cricket) the building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals
  5. a detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex
  6. the lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet
  7. (anatomy) the cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle
  8. (anatomy) The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
  9. (military) A flag, ensign, or banner.
  10. (heraldry) A tent used as a bearing.
  11. A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
    • Shelley
      The pavilion of heaven is bare.

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Verb

pavilion (third-person singular simple present pavilions, present participle pavilioning, simple past and past participle pavilioned)

  1. (transitive) to furnish with a pavilion
  2. (transitive) to put inside a pavilion
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour")

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References

  1. pavilion” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).