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displuviatum

displuviatum noun: a kind of cavaedium in which the roofs, instead of sloping down towards the compluvium, sloped outwards, the gutters being on the outer walls; there was still an opening in the roof, and an impluvium to catch the rain falling through.

Noun

displuviatum

  1. (historical) A kind of cavaedium in which the roofs, instead of sloping down towards the compluvium, sloped outwards, the gutters being on the outer walls; there was still an opening in the roof, and an impluvium to catch the rain falling through.

Questions about displuviatum

What does displuviatum mean?
Displuviatum means a kind of cavaedium in which the roofs, instead of sloping down towards the compluvium, sloped outwards, the gutters being on the outer walls; there was still an opening in the roof, and an impluvium to catch the rain falling through.
What part of speech is displuviatum?
Displuviatum is a noun.

Words near displuviatum in the dictionary

  1. displosive
  2. displume
  3. displumed
  4. displumes
  5. displuming
  6. displuviatum
  7. dispo
  8. dispoline
  9. dispond
  10. dispondaic
  11. dispondee

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