balconette

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

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noun

A false balcony, or railing at the outer plane of a window-opening reaching to the floor, and resembling a balcony when the window is open.

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"The figure in the balconette appears of the same height, that it would do if standing upon the pavement immediately under the balconette, and its proportion is determined from that point upon the pavement."

From French balconnet.

balconettes (plural)

balconette bra

Questions

What does balconette mean?

A false balcony, or railing at the outer plane of a window-opening reaching to the floor, and resembling a balcony when the window is open.

Where does balconette come from?

From French balconnet.

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