OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 44290

belvedere

/ˈbɛl.vɪˌdɪə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
belvedere • mirador
A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.
The most important thing, she reflected, as she stood on the balcony of the Mairie which formed a most useful belvedere over the town, was to make her appearance as commonplace and…
“One evening,” she went on, “while Madame Orio was fast asleep in her little belvedere (it being the good old lady's habit to repair there to rest after a bottle or two of red Padu…
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