cilery, cillery Arch.
(ˈsɪlərɪ)
[app. formed from celure, also spelt cylour, siller, etc.]
‘The drapery or foliage carved on the heads of columns.’
| 1611 Cotgr., Draperie, a flourishing with leaues, and flowers in wood, or stone, vsed especially on the heads of pillers, and tearmed by our workemen Draperie, or Cilerie. 1656 in Blount Glossogr. 1730 A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 205 The Capitals are Corinthian..with the Cilleries or curled Tufts. 1876 Gwilt Archit. Gloss. |