| 单词 |
ossature |
| 释义 |
ossature|ˈɒsətjʊə(r)| [a. Fr. ossature skeleton, f. L. os, oss- bone + -ature, from ppl. and adj. stems in -at-, as curvat-ure, ornat-ure.] 1. The arrangement and disposition of the bones of the skeleton. rare.
1885Truth 28 May 851/2 Frenchmen cannot bear to see her because her ossature is so mannish. 1892Syd. Soc. Lex. 2. Arch. The skeleton or framework that supports any structure, as the metal or timber beams of a roof, or the metal frame of a glass window.
1879Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. I. 64 The vaults govern the ossature of the monument. Ibid. 70, I then treated only the mechanical framework of the style—its mere ossature, to use M. Viollet le Duc's expression. |

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