Crossword clues for gradine
gradine
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gradine
Gradin \Gra"din\, Gradine \Gra*dine"\,n. [F. gradin, dim. of
grade. See Grade.] (Arch.)
Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the
like; a set raised over another. ``The gradines of the
amphitheeater.''
--Layard.
Gradine
Gradine \Gra*dine"\, n. [F. gradine.] A toothed chised by sculptors.
Wiktionary
gradine
n. 1 A toothed chisel used by sculptors 2 (context architecture English) Any member like a step, such as the raised back of an altar; a gradin.
Usage examples of "gradine".
There was a grassy space for the chorus and the commoner audience, and then a few semicircular gradines cut in the turf, one alcove another, where the more honored spectators sat.