reredos noun. ['rɪǝdɒs] LME.
[from Anglo-Norman word from Old French areredos, from arere behind (see ARREAR adverb) + dos back.]
1. Ecclesiastical. An ornamental facing or screen of stone or wood covering the wall at the back of an altar. LME.
b. A choir screen. LME.

2. Ecclesiastical. A velvet or silk hanging covering the wall behind an altar. LME-M16.

3. The brick or stone back of a fireplace or open hearth; a metal plate forming a fireback. arch. LME.

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