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esplanade
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synonyms: laund, sward ???
tags: [architecture]
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Definition:1. a large, level open public walking space, usually along the seashore or other body of water.2. a lawn
painting: by James Webb (1887)
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Despite the orgiastic rituals once held at the Arc du Carrousel, art aficionados revered this place for another reason entirely. From the esplanade at the end of the Tuileries, four of the finest art museums in the word could be seen ... one at each point of the compass.
Dan Brown. The da Vinci Code, p. 17 (2003)
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one night at the band on the esplanade she had hit a gentleman on the head with her umbrella because he had taken off his hat when the band played GOD SAVE THE QUEEN at the end.
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they were driving along the esplanade, over the colorful tiles of the broad avenue along the Copacabana Beach.
Sidney Sheldon. Bloodline, p.394 (1977)
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