lardose Obs. exc. Hist.
(ˈlɑːdəʊs)
Also 6 laordose.
[? a. F. l'ardoise (ardoise slate, with prefixed article).]
The name given to the screen at the back of the high altar of Durham cathedral.
| 1593 Anc. Mon. Rites, etc. Durham (Surtees) 6 Betwixt the said High Altar and St. Cuthbert's Feriture is all of French Peere..with faire Images of alabaster being most finely gilted, beinge called in the antient history the Laordose [ed. 1672 Lardose], the said curious workmanshipp of French Peere or Laordose reachinge in hight almost to the middle vault. 1838 Britton Dict. Archit., Lardose, a corruption of the French term l'arrière dos, employed to designate the high altar-screen of Durham Cathedral. 1850 in Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. |