Meaning & use
Alette
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A small wing-like pier or narrow buttress projecting from a wall, especially flanking a doorway in classical architecture.
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The cathedral's entrance was framed by a pair of carved alettes.
Restorers carefully rebuilt the crumbling alette that had supported the chapel's arch for centuries.
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Alette comes from the French word for 'little wing,' fittingly describing the small, wing-shaped projections found in classical and Renaissance architecture.
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