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Definition of Trompes

trompe
Tromp Tromp, n. [F. trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Cf. Trump a trumpet.] A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace. [Written also trompe, and trombe.]
Trompe
Tromp Tromp, Trompe Trompe, n. [See Trump a trumpet.] A trumpet; a trump. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Meaning of Trompes from wikipedia

- Trompe-l'œil (French for 'deceive the eye'; /trɒmpˈlɔɪ/ tromp-LOY; French: [tʁɔ̃p lœj] ) is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion...
- working in reverse. Trompes were used to provide compressed air for bloomery furnaces in Catalonia and the US. The presence of a trompe is a signature attribute...
- Trompe le Monde is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released on September 23, 1991 on 4AD in the United Kingdom and...
- Roman paintings are wall paintings. These may contain the first examples of trompe-l'œil, pseudo-perspective, and pure landscape. The Italian Renaissance is...
- the second exhibition in Hongik Daehango Art Center. In 2015, a One Piece trompe-l'œil exhibition was held at the Hong Kong 3D Museum. One Piece on Ice:...
- remarking that Hammer's portrayal of the twins was "an astonishingly subtle trompe l'oeil of special effects". For his role in the film, Hammer won Toronto...
- "Trompe L'Oeil" is the seventh episode in the first season of the HBO science fiction western thriller television series Westworld. The episode aired on...
- Maigret's Mistake (French:Maigret se trompe) is a 1953 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his character Jules Maigret. It...
- under the name of Abbé Carlos Herrera. In prison, he got the nickname "Trompe-la-Mort" ("Dodgedeath" or "Cheats-Death"), because he managed to avoid the...
- century. He was a court painter to the Danish royal family. He specialised in trompe-l'œil still lifes, an artistic genre which uses visual tricks to give viewers...