REREDOS

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A screen or partition wall behind an altar.

2.
n.

The back of a fireplace.

3.
n.

The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls. [Also spelt reredosse.] Fairholt.


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