pavilion
/pəˈvɪljən/ noun B2- An ornate tent.
- A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
- A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
- The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
- A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
- The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
- The cartilaginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
- The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
Plural pavilions
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“I reside in my father’s house, but occupy a pavilion at the farther side of the courtyard, entirely separated from the main building.”
Albert de Morcerf inhabited a pavilion situated at the corner of a large court, and directly opposite another building, in which were the servants’ apartments.
Two windows only of the pavilion faced the street; three other windows looked into the court, and two at the back into the garden.
Apprised in time of the visit paid him, Monte Cristo had, from behind the blinds of his pavilion, as minutely observed the baron, by means of an excellent lorgnette, as Danglars himself had scrutinized the house, garden, and servants.
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