Definition of Mural

Mu´ral
a.1.Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.
2.Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice.
Mural circle
(Astron.) a graduated circle, in the plane of the meridian, attached permanently to a perpendicular wall; - used for measuring arcs of the meridian. See Circle, n., 3.
Mural crown
(Rom. Antiq.) a golden crown, or circle of gold indented so as to resemble a battlement, bestowed on him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and there lodged a standard.


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