Category:Reredos

Rere"dos (rr"ds), n. Etym: [from rear + f. dos back, l. dorsum. Cf. Dorsal.] (arch.) (a) a screen or partition wall behind an altar. (b) the back of a fireplace. (c) the open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under The louver, in the center of ancient halls. [also spelt reredosse.] Fairholt.