A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture (1888)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London [etc.] Parker and co. · leaf 21
'Utar.-toml) — Sltrtfca. ii … ceremonies of the Eas- Altar-tomb, Porlock, Somerset, c. 1500. ter Sepulchre were of this character. Alur (Old Eng. alours). This word appears gene- rally to have signified the gutter, passage, or gallery, in which per- sons could walk behind a parapet on the top of a wall, or in other situations,…
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