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pavilion

[ puh-vil-yuhn ]

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noun

a light, usually open building used for shelter, concerts, exhibits, etc., as in a park or fair.
any of a number of separate or attached buildings forming a hospital or the like.
Architecture. a projecting element of a façade, used especially at the center or at each end and usually treated so as to suggest a tower.
a tent, especially a large and elaborate one.
a small, ornamental building in a garden.
Also called base. Jewelry. the part of a cut gem below the girdle.

pavilion

/ ��əˈ��ɪ��ə�� /

a building at a sports ground, esp a cricket pitch, in which players change
a summerhouse or other decorative shelter
a building or temporary structure, esp one that is open and ornamental, for housing exhibitions
a large ornate tent, esp one with a peaked top, as used by medieval armies
one of a set of buildings that together form a hospital or other large institution
one of four main facets on a brilliant-cut stone between the girdle and the culet

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1250–1300; Middle English pavilon < Old French paveillon < Latin ��辱��ō��- (stem of ��辱��ō ) butterfly

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C13: from Old French pavillon canopied structure, from Latin ��辱��ō butterfly, tent

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In less than half that time this year, he’s already matched that total, sending Friday’s blast halfway up the left-field pavilion.

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In 1951, his collections were sold off and the pavilions and pergolas he built were knocked down.

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He launched his home run to the right field pavilion, not far from where Gibson’s ball landed 36 years earlier.

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Read said Peebles "knew his music & cricket inside out. Raise your bat & enjoy a long rest in the pavilion".

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Neighbouring Bletchingley Parish Council offered the use of its sports pavilion in Grange Meadow for evacuated residents.

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