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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : awr-nuh-men-tey-shuh n, ‐muh n‐ |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɔr nə mɛnˈteɪ ʃən, ‐mən‐ |
Définition of ornamentation
Origin :- 1839, noun of action from ornament (v.).
- noun adornment
- The ornamentation on this cross is very perfect and beautifully executed.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- The ornamentation usually denotes the period when they were constructed.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- The mermaids are the only portion of the ornamentation that was cast.
- Extract from : « Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology » by Margaret Brown Klapthor
- His boots were small and fairly new, and not over adorned with ornamentation.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- The pipe was not over large, for all its wealth of ornamentation.
- Extract from : « An Old Meerschaum » by David Christie Murray
- Limpid: clear and transparent: applied to wings and ornamentation.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- Modern ornamentation is confined to tooling, blind and gilt, and inlaying.
- Extract from : « The Booklover and His Books » by Harry Lyman Koopman
- The ornamentation is in the style of the fourteenth century.
- Extract from : « Ely Cathedral » by Anonymous
- Ruskin has given to ornamentation the sanction and authority of his name.
- Extract from : « English Past and Present » by Richard Chevenix Trench
- Shields appear in the ornamentation, one of them bearing the Tudor rose.
- Extract from : « Exeter » by Sidney Heath
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