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reredos (1321)
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reredos (1321)

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reredors,  reredose,  rerdoose,  rerdos,  rerdose  
  FEW:  dorsum *3,145b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  dos (reredos)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  reredos n.  MED:  reredos(e n.  DMLBS:  retrodorsum 2820a

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1domesticarchit.decor.wooden panelling attached to a wall and serving as an ornamental backing to a chair or piece of furniture: 
( 1452-53 )  Pro le sylorynge (=panelling) domus rasture et le rerdose ibidem, 14 s. 8 d.  OED reredos n. (etym.)
♦eccl.decor.reredos, ornamental screen or hanging covering the wall behind the altar: 
( 1372-73 )  In contr. facta pro le rerdose ad magnum altare in ecclesia [...]14 d.  OED reredos n. (etym.)
( 1392 )  une grande table d'argent [...] assez grant pur le reredors d'un alter  Lett Rich II 212
2eccl.archit.decor.rood-screen, decorated screen separating the choir or chancel from the nave of a church: 
( 1446 )  Novum opus vocatum le Rerdoose, ad ostium chori, se extendit ad .lxix. l. .iiij. s.  OED reredos n. (etym.)
( 1480 )  Et a porta chori vocata le Reredos vsque orientem continet 47 gressus  OED reredos n. (etym.)
3domesticarchit. fireback, masonry or plate at the back of an open fireplace: 
( 1321 )  la pere qe serra pur l'astre e le reredos des avauntditz chimenees countre le feu  Build salz 427
( 1407-08 )  pur un dawber par .iiij. jours et dimi a piccher un herth et amender le reredos et enterer un flore  Mch Tayl Accs1 9 Henry IV
( 1415-16 )  [...] de .vj. petitz herthes ové lez reredoses et bordures - .viij. li. .xiij. s. .iiij. d.  Mch Tayl Accs1 3 Henry V

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See also:

areredos  dos  rere2 
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