trumeau
pronunciation
How to pronounce trumeau in British English:
UK [trʊ'məʊ]
How to pronounce trumeau in American English:
US [trʊ'moʊ]
Word Origin
- trumeau (n.)
- 1883, in architecture, "piece of a wall between two openings," as the central pillar of a great doorway," from French trumeau, literally "calf of the leg" (12c.), from a Germanic source (compare German Trumm "end, stump," Swedish dialectal tromm "stump, end of a log").