Alette
(in cl-ssical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
a small wing of a building.
either jamb of a doorway.
historical examples
alette was lively, agreeable, and well-educated; but she liked best to hear herself talk.
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but i was compelled to hear, ‘alette is much more sensible than you.
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she drew alette to her with a kind of vehemence, kissed her, and then wept silently, leaning on her shoulder.
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do you know, alette, i think you must actually break off with lexow.
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susanna went now again on harald’s arm, alette on her alf’s.
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from the moment of alette’s arrival in semb, there commenced a change there.
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mrs. astrid had this evening never quitted her room, and harald could therefore all the more enjoy himself with alette.
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alette shook her beautiful head at this enthusiasm for antiquity.
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harald recollected but faintly “the old poet,” and both he and mrs. astrid begged alette to make them better acquainted with him.
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the issue of this strife was, that—alf got the upper hand of alette.
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