pavilion

Etymology

From Middle English pavilloun, from Anglo-Norman pavilloun, from Latin pāpiliōnem, form of pāpiliō (“butterfly, moth”) (due to resemblance of tent to a butterfly’s wings), of unknown origin. Doublet of papillon. Cognate to French pavillon (“pavilion”) and papillon (“butterfly”), and similar terms in other Romance languages.

noun

1. An ornate tent.
2. A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
3. A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
4. (cricket) The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
5. A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
6. The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
7. (anatomy) The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
8. (anatomy) The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
9. (military) A flag, ensign, or banner.
   1. A flag or ensign carried at the gaff of the mizzenmast.
10. (heraldry) An ornate tent, used either as a charge or bearing, or surrounding a shield as or atop the mantling.
11. A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.

verb

1. (transitive) To furnish with a pavilion.
2. (transitive) To put inside a pavilion.
3. (transitive, figurative) To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour").