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)

1. (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, […].