SINCE 1828
pai-lou
noun
variants:
or less commonly pai-loo \ ˈpīˈlō \
plural pai-lou
or pai-lous
Definition of pai-lou
: a usually elaborate Chinese commemorative archway erected in honor of someone highly esteemed (as for virtue) and consisting typically of four heavy square pillars topped with horizontal crossbeams and often buttressed with conventionalized lions and having an incised memorial tablet placed against or near the center crossbeam — compare toran, torii
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