pailoo
See also: pailóo
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Chinese pai, 'a tablet,' and lo, 'a stage or erection.'”)
Noun
pailoo (plural pailoos)
- (architecture, archaic) An arch or gateway in Chinese architecture, serving as a monument to the deceased.
References
- Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “pailoo”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].