Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

trompe

 
Dictionary: trompe   (trŏmp) pronunciation
n.
An apparatus in which water falling through a perforated pipe entrains air into and down the pipe to produce an air blast for a furnace or forge.

[French, from Old French, trumpet. See trump2.]


Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics
Architecture: trompe
Top

A piece of vaulting of conical or partly spherical shape, or resembling one corner of a cloistered vault.


 
 

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Architecture. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more