First Names Rhyming CHANTALLE
English Words Rhyming CHANTALLE
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CHANTALLE AS A WHOLE:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CHANTALLE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 8 Letters (hantalle) - English Words That Ends with hantalle:
Rhyming Words According to Last 7 Letters (antalle) - English Words That Ends with antalle:
Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (ntalle) - English Words That Ends with ntalle:
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (talle) - English Words That Ends with talle:
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (alle) - English Words That Ends with alle:
calle | noun (n.) A kind of head covering; a caul. |
crevalle | noun (n.) The cavally or jurel. |
| noun (n.) The pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus). |
turnhalle | noun (n.) A building used as a school of gymnastics. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (lle) - English Words That Ends with lle:
aiguille | noun (n.) A needle-shaped peak. |
| noun (n.) An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting. |
ancille | noun (n.) A maidservant; a handmaid. |
apostille | noun (n.) A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation. |
aquarelle | noun (n.) A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors. |
bagatelle | noun (n.) A trifle; a thing of no importance. |
| noun (n.) A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player. |
barcarolle | noun (n.) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers. |
| noun (n.) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song. |
bastile bastille | noun (n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place. |
| noun (n.) "The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison. |
belle | noun (n.) A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady. |
braille | noun (n.) A system of printing or writing for the blind in which the characters are represented by tangible points or dots. It was invented by Louis Braille, a French teacher of the blind. |
canaille | noun (n.) The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar. |
| noun (n.) Shorts or inferior flour. |
capelle | noun (n.) The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church. |
chanterelle | noun (n.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous. |
chenille | noun (n.) Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs. |
codille | noun (n.) A term at omber, signifying that the game is won. |
cordelle | noun (n.) A twisted cord; a tassel. |
countretaille | noun (n.) A counter tally; correspondence (in sound). |
crenelle | noun (n.) Alt. of Crenel |
cresselle | noun (n.) A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the last week of Lent. |
coquille | noun (n.) Lit., a shell; |
| noun (n.) A shell or shell-like dish or mold in which viands are served. |
| noun (n.) The expansion of the guard of a sword, dagger, etc. |
| noun (n.) A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, and named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled. |
damoiselle | noun (n.) See Damsel. |
demoiselle | noun (n.) A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid. |
| noun (n.) The Numidian crane (Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements. |
| noun (n.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion. |
dentelle | noun (n.) An ornamental tooling like lace. |
deshabille | noun (n.) An undress; a careless toilet. |
dishabille | noun (n.) An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille. |
espiaille | noun (n.) Espial. |
faille | noun (n.) A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy. |
fontanelle | noun (n.) Same as Fontanel, 2. |
filoselle | noun (n.) A kind of silk thread less glossy than floss, and spun from coarser material. It is much used in embroidery instead of floss. |
gabelle | noun (n.) A tax, especially on salt. |
gazelle | noun (n.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. |
gerbille | noun (n.) One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe. |
glumelle | noun (n.) One of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses. |
graille | noun (n.) A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers. |
grisaille | noun (n.) Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for painted glass. |
| noun (n.) A kind of French fancy dress goods. |
immortelle | noun (n.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting. |
jargonelle | noun (n.) A variety of pear which ripens early. |
jonquille | noun (n.) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Jonquilla), allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic properties. It is sometimes called the rush-leaved daffodil. See Illust. of Corona. |
jumelle | noun (n.) A jumelle opera glass, or the like. |
| adjective (a.) Twin; paired; -- said of various objects made or formed in pairs, as a binocular opera glass, a pair of gimmal rings, etc. |
kapelle | noun (n.) A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral. |
kyrielle | noun (n.) A litany beginning with the words. |
lenticelle | noun (n.) Lenticel. |
limaille | noun (n.) Filings of metal. |
mademoiselle | noun (n.) A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss. |
| noun (n.) A marine food fish (Sciaena chrysura), of the Southern United States; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch. |
manille | noun (n.) See 1st Manilla, 1. |
mervaille | noun (n.) Marvel. |
mitraille | noun (n.) Shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon. |
molle | adjective (a.) Lower by a semitone; flat; as, E molle, that is, E flat. |
morelle | noun (n.) Nightshade. See 2d Morel. |
moselle | noun (n.) A light wine, usually white, produced in the vicinity of the river Moselle. |
mouille | adjective (a.) Applied to certain consonants having a "liquid" or softened sound; e.g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and ö; in Portuguese, lh and nh. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CHANTALLE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 8 Letters (chantall) - Words That Begins with chantall:
Rhyming Words According to First 7 Letters (chantal) - Words That Begins with chantal:
Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (chanta) - Words That Begins with chanta:
chantant | adjective (a.) Composed in a melodious and singing style. |
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (chant) - Words That Begins with chant:
chanting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chant |
| noun (n.) Singing, esp. as a chant is sung. |
chanter | noun (n.) One who chants; a singer or songster. |
| noun (n.) The chief singer of the chantry. |
| noun (n.) The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe. |
| noun (n.) The hedge sparrow. |
chanticleer | noun (n.) A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing. |
chantor | noun (n.) A chanter. |
chantress | noun (n.) A female chanter or singer. |
chantry | noun (n.) An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder. |
| noun (n.) A chapel or altar so endowed. |
chantey | noun (n.) A sailor's song. |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (chan) - Words That Begins with chan:
chance | noun (n.) A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified. |
| noun (n.) The operation or activity of such agent. |
| noun (n.) The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty. |
| noun (n.) A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him. |
| noun (n.) Probability. |
| adjective (a.) Happening by chance; casual. |
| verb (v. i.) To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation. |
| verb (v. t.) To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object. |
| verb (v. t.) To befall; to happen to. |
| adverb (adv.) By chance; perchance. |
chancing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chance |
chanceable | adjective (a.) Fortuitous; casual. |
chanceful | adjective (a.) Hazardous. |
chancellery | noun (n.) Chancellorship. |
chancellor | noun (n.) A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction. |
chancellorship | noun (n.) The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor. |
chancery | noun (n.) In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity. |
| noun (n.) In the Unites States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity. |
chancre | noun (n.) A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- called also hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre. |
chancroid | noun (n.) A venereal sore, resembling a chancre in its seat and some external characters, but differing from it in being the starting point of a purely local process and never of a systemic disease; -- called also soft chancre. |
chancrous | adjective (a.) Of the nature of a chancre; having chancre. |
chandelier | noun (n.) A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling. |
| noun (n.) A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers. |
chandler | noun (n.) A maker or seller of candles. |
| noun (n.) A dealer in other commodities, which are indicated by a word prefixed; as, ship chandler, corn chandler. |
chandlerly | adjective (a.) Like a chandler; in a petty way. |
chandlery | noun (n.) Commodities sold by a chandler. |
chandoo | noun (n.) An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking. |
chandry | noun (n.) Chandlery. |
chanfrin | noun (n.) The fore part of a horse's head. |
changing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Change |
changeability | noun (n.) Changeableness. |
changeable | adjective (a.) Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor. |
| adjective (a.) Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk. |
changeableness | noun (n.) The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; mutability. |
changeful | adjective (a.) Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. |
changeless | adjective (a.) That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose. |
changeling | noun (n.) One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies. |
| noun (n.) A simpleton; an idiot. |
| noun (n.) One apt to change; a waverer. |
| adjective (a.) Taken or left in place of another; changed. |
| adjective (a.) Given to change; inconstant. |
changer | noun (n.) One who changes or alters the form of anything. |
| noun (n.) One who deals in or changes money. |
| noun (n.) One apt to change; an inconstant person. |
chank | noun (n.) The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinella pyrum. Called also chank chell. |
channel | noun (n.) The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run. |
| noun (n.) The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels. |
| noun (n.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel. |
| noun (n.) That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels. |
| noun (n.) A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column. |
| noun (n.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks. |
| verb (v. t.) To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove. |
| verb (v. t.) To course through or over, as in a channel. |
channeling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Channel |
| noun (n.) The act or process of forming a channel or channels. |
| noun (n.) A channel or a system of channels; a groove. |
chansonnette | noun (n.) A little song. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (cha) - Words That Begins with cha:
chamomile | noun (n.) A genus of herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The common camomile, A. nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative. |
| noun (n.) See Camomile. |
chab | noun (n.) The red-bellied wood pecker (Melanerpes Carolinus). |
chabasite | noun (n.) Alt. of Cabazite |
chablis | noun (n.) A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France. |
| noun (n.) a white wine resembling Chablis{1}, but made elsewhere, as in California. |
chabouk | noun (n.) Alt. of Chabuk |
chabuk | noun (n.) A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment. |
chace | noun (n.) See 3d Chase, n., 3. |
| verb (v. t.) To pursue. See Chase v. t. |
chachalaca | noun (n.) The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula). |
chacma | noun (n.) A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon. [See Illust. of Baboon.] |
chaconne | noun (n.) An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations. |
chaetetes | noun (n.) A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones. |
chaetiferous | adjective (a.) Bearing setae. |
chaetodont | noun (n.) A marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae. The chaetodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Chaetodonts or the family Chaetodontidae. |
chaetognath | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Chaetognatha. |
chaetognatha | noun (n. pl.) An order of free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head. |
chaetopod | noun (n.) One of the Chaetopoda. |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Chaetopoda. |
chaetopoda | noun (n. pl.) A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species. |
chaetotaxy | noun (n.) The arrangement of bristles on an insect. |
chafing | noun (p pr. & vb. n.) of Chafe |
| verb (v. t.) The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing. |
chafe | noun (n.) Heat excited by friction. |
| noun (n.) Injury or wear caused by friction. |
| noun (n.) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. |
| verb (v. t.) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. |
| verb (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. |
| verb (v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable. |
| verb (v. i.) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. |
| verb (v. i.) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes. |
| verb (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. |
chafer | noun (n.) One who chafes. |
| noun (n.) A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan. |
| noun (n.) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer. |
chafewax | noun (n.) Alt. of Chaffwax |
chaffwax | noun (n.) Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents. |
chafeweed | noun (n.) The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing. |
chaff | noun (n.) The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc. |
| noun (n.) Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything. |
| noun (n.) Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. |
| noun (n.) Light jesting talk; banter; raillery. |
| noun (n.) The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower. |
| verb (v. i.) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter. |
| verb (v. t.) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz. |
chaffing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chaff |
| noun (n.) The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter. |
chaffer | noun (n.) One who chaffs. |
| noun (n.) Bargaining; merchandise. |
| noun (n.) To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate. |
| noun (n.) To talk much and idly; to chatter. |
| verb (v. t.) To buy or sell; to trade in. |
| verb (v. t.) To exchange; to bandy, as words. |
chaffering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chaffer |
chafferer | noun (n.) One who chaffers; a bargainer. |
chaffery | noun (n.) Traffic; bargaining. |
chaffinch | noun (n.) A bird of Europe (Fringilla coelebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch. |
chaffless | adjective (a.) Without chaff. |
chaffy | adjective (a.) Abounding in, or resembling, chaff. |
| adjective (a.) Light or worthless as chaff. |
| adjective (a.) Resembling chaff; composed of light dry scales. |
| adjective (a.) Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers. |
chagreen | noun (n.) See Shagreen. |
chagrin | noun (n.) Vexation; mortification. |
| noun (n.) To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined. |
| adjective (a.) Chagrined. |
| verb (v. i.) To be vexed or annoyed. |
chargrining | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chagrin |
chain | noun (n.) A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. |
| noun (n.) That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit. |
| noun (n.) A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas. |
| noun (n.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. |
| noun (n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels. |
| noun (n.) The warp threads of a web. |
| verb (v. t.) To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog. |
| verb (v. t.) To keep in slavery; to enslave. |
| verb (v. t.) To unite closely and strongly. |
| verb (v. t.) To measure with the chain. |
| verb (v. t.) To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor. |
chaining | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chain |
chainless | adjective (a.) Having no chain; not restrained or fettered. |
chainlet | noun (n.) A small chain. |
chainwork | noun (n.) Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work. |
chair | noun (n.) A movable single seat with a back. |
| noun (n.) An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself. |
| noun (n.) The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair. |
| noun (n.) A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. |
| noun (n.) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers. |
| verb (v. t.) To place in a chair. |
| verb (v. t.) To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. |
chairing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chair |
chairman | noun (n.) The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body. |
| noun (n.) One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan. |
chairmanship | noun (n.) The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body. |
chaise | noun (n.) A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thorough-braces. It is usually drawn by one horse. |
| noun (n.) a carriage in general. |
chaja | noun (n.) The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea, / Chauna, chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See Kamichi. |
chalaza | noun (n.) The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus. |
| noun (n.) A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle. |
chalazal | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the chalaza. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CHANTALLE:
English Words which starts with 'chan' and ends with 'alle':
English Words which starts with 'cha' and ends with 'lle':
English Words which starts with 'ch' and ends with 'le':
challengeable | adjective (a.) That may be challenged. |
charbocle | noun (n.) Carbuncle. |
chargeable | adjective (a.) That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man. |
| adjective (a.) Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder. |
| adjective (a.) Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome. |
charitable | adjective (a.) Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind. |
| adjective (a.) Liberal in judging of others; disposed to look on the best side, and to avoid harsh judgment. |
| adjective (a.) Liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to charity; springing from, or intended for, charity; relating to almsgiving; eleemosynary; as, a charitable institution. |
| adjective (a.) Dictated by kindness; favorable; lenient. |
chasable | adjective (a.) Capable of being chased; fit for hunting. |
chasible | noun (n.) See Chasuble. |
chastisable | adjective (a.) Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable. |
chasuble | noun (n.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle. |
cheatable | adjective (a.) Capable of being cheated. |
chesible | noun (n.) See Chasuble. |
chondrule | noun (n.) A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites. |
choule | noun (n.) See Jowl. |
chromule | noun (n.) A general name for coloring matter of plants other than chlorophyll, especially that of petals. |
chronicle | noun (n.) An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time. |
| noun (n.) A narrative of events; a history; a record. |
| noun (n.) The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings. |
| verb (v. t.) To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register. |
chuckle | noun (n.) A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision. |
| verb (v. t.) To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. |
| verb (v. t.) To fondle; to cocker. |
| verb (v. i.) To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision. |
chyle | noun (n.) A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct. |
chambranle | noun (n.) An ornamental bordering or framelike decoration around the sides and top of a door, window, or fireplace. The top piece is called the traverse and the side pieces the ascendants. |
chippendale | adjective (a.) Designating furniture designed, or like that designed, by Thomas Chippendale, an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century. Chippendale furniture was generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on. In the more elaborate pieces three types are recognized: French Chippendale, having much detail, like Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze; Chinese Chippendale, marked by latticework and pagodalike pediments; and Gothic Chippendale, attempting to adapt medieval details. The forms, as of the cabriole and chairbacks, often resemble Queen Anne. In chairs, the seat is widened at the front, and the back toward the top widened and bent backward, except in Chinese Chippendale, in which the backs are usually rectangular. |