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Definition of Trumeau
1. Noun. (context: church architecture) The pillar or center post supporting the lintel in the middle of a doorway. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trumeau
1. a column supporting part of a doorway [n -MEAUX]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trumeau
Literary usage of Trumeau
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Crimes of Urbain Grandier, and Others by Alexandre Dumas (1907)
"You are playing a mean part, trumeau. I have never hinted to Maitre ... "Jealousy has
eaten away whatever brains you used to possess, trumeau. ..."
2. Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas (1895)
"You are playing a miserable game, trumeau. I have always refrained from telling
... Jealousy has taken away what little brain fell to your share, trumeau. ..."
3. The Date of the Ruthwell and Bewcastle Crosses by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1912)
"The trumeau belongs to a date earlier than 1135, probably (ibid., p. 15). 3 See pp.
16, 18. 1 Angles, L'Abbaye de Moissac, p. 72; cf. pp. ..."
4. Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of by Francis Bond (1905)
"The most obvious way out of the difficulty was to put a pillar (trumeau} under the
... In the thirteenth century a central pillar or trumeau is sometimes ..."
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