1) French word used in English
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1) Stair
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[architecture] A perron (French; perroen) is a stone column, often decorated with a globus cruciger, that was erected in cities belonging to the erstwhile Prince-Bishopric of Liège (980-1795). They were primarily built in the so-called Good Cities (Bonnes Villes, Goede Steden) that formed the primary towns of the polity. Many survive, thou...
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[staircase] A perron in architecture generally refers to an external stairway to a building. Curl notes 3 more specific usages: the platform-landing reached by symmetrical flights of steps leading to the piano nobile of a building; the steps themselves; or the platform base of edifices like a market cross. A perron may be placed in front of...
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raised platform or terrace at an entrance door
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• (n.) An out-of-door flight of steps, as in a garden, leading to a terrace or to an upper story; -- usually applied to mediaevel or later structures of some architectural pretensions.
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Per'ron noun [ French]
(Architecture) An out-of-door flight of steps, as in a garden, leading to a terrace or to an upper story; -- usually applied to mediævel or later structures of some architectural pretensions.
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A perron is an out-of-door flight of steps, for example in a garden, leading to a terrace or to an upper story. The term is usually applied to mediaeval or later structures of some architectural pretensions.
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A staircase outside a building.
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