hemelgewelf — meaning in English

English meaning

• firmament noun The sky, especially thought of as a vast dome or vault overhead.
• welkin noun (literary) The sky, seen as a dome over the earth.

Senses

hemelgewelf is used for these senses in English:

• firmament (usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.
• welkin (also, Lancashire) The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.

firmament — full definition

1. noun The sky, especially thought of as a vast dome or vault overhead.
2. noun A particular field or sphere of activity, used figuratively.

welkin — full definition

1. noun (literary) The sky, seen as a dome over the earth.
2. noun (literary) The upper air, where clouds and birds are found.
3. noun The realm above the earth said to be home to God or other deities; heaven.

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