celure
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And whan these thre spyndels were shapen / she made hem to be fastned vpon the selar of the bedde […]."
- "Cellar for a bedde, ciel de lit."
- "[A]t dawn, if the archon is still enjoying himself, they'll let down the curtains to exclude the light, and perhaps even raise the celure over the garden."
- "Above the rood-screen, the painted celure of twenty painted panels carries symbols of the Passion […]."
Etymology
Uncertain; apparently related to Medieval Latin celatorium, caelatura, via unattested Old French forms.