pai-loo

pai-loo
/puy"loh"/, n., pl. pai-loo, pai-loos.
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
[1830-40; < Chin páilou (paí tablet + lóu tower)]

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