Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

ALURE (0. Fr., from aller, to walk)

Online Encyclopedia

Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 773 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.

Encyclopedia Home :: ALM-ANC

Spread the word:

del.icio.us it!

See also:

ALURE (0. Fr., from aller, to walk)

ALURE (0. Fr., from aller, to walk) , an architectural See also:

TERM

term for an See also:

ALLEY (from the Fr. allee, a walk)

alley, passage, the See also:

WATER

water-way or See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

GUTTER (O. Fr. goutiere, mod. gouttiere, from Lat. gutta, drop)

gutter behind a See also:

PARAPET (Ital. parapetto, Fr. parapet, from para, imperative of Ital. porare, to cover, defend, and petto, breast, Lat. pectus; the German word is Brustwehr)

parapet, the galleries of a See also:

CLERESTORY, or CLEARSTORY (Ital. chiaro piano, Fr. clairevoie, claire etage, Ger. Lichtgaden)

clerestory, sometimes even the See also:

AISLE (from Lat. ala, a wing)

aisle itself of a See also:

church . The term is sometimes written valure or valoring .

End of Article: ALURE (0. Fr., from aller, to walk)

[back]
ALUR (Lur, Luri, Lurem)

[next]
ALVA

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.

» Add information or comments to this article.

Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.

Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.