Sekirov Dictionary

pavilion

/pəˈvɪljən/

noun12

  1. A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
  2. A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
  3. The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
  4. A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
  5. An ornate tent.
  6. An ornate tent, used either as a charge or bearing, or surrounding a shield as or atop the mantling.
  7. A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
  8. The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
  9. A flag, ensign, or banner.
  10. A flag or ensign carried at the gaff of the mizzenmast.
  11. The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
  12. The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.

verb3

  1. To furnish with a pavilion.
  2. To put inside a pavilion.
  3. (figurative) To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour, And girded with praise").
forms

pavilioned · pavilioning · pavilions

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