‖ laquear
(ˈlækwiːɑː(r))
[L. f. laque-us noose, band: see lace n.]
a. Arch. (See quots.)
| 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Laquear (in Archit.), a Roof, the inward Roof of a House; the Roof of a Chamber embowed, channelled, and done with Fret-work. 1859 Gwilt Archit. (ed. 4) Gloss., s.v. Lacunar, The ceiling of any part in architecture receives the name of lacunar only when it consists of compartments sunk or hollowed, without spaces or bands, between the panels; if it is with bands, it is called laquear. |
b. Anat. (See quot. 1888.)
| 1888 Syd. Soc. Lex., Laquear, the roof of a part. 1889 J. M. Duncan Lect. Dis. Women xxii. (ed. 4) 172 Where the disease attacks only parts of the passage, as the laquear. |