noun
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a fence, wall of low height, etc. enclosing a building.
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an open porch or portico, usu. roofed, along the outside of a building; a verandah.
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the place on the floor of a war-charriot, where the archer stands while fighting.
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(arch.) a pigeon-house or aviary-like structure projecting from a fillet or gable-edge.
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a horizontal superstructure supported by columns and composed of epistyle, frieze and cornice.
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a pillow or cushion used to lean on.