pensile

They are compact and rather deep, half pensile, that is to say, partly slung between the branches of the fork to which they are attached by bands of vegetable fibres.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

Now in this palace he erected very high walks, supported by stone pillars, and by planting what was called a pensile paradise, and replenishing it with all sorts of trees, he rendered the prospect an exact resemblance of a mountainous country.

Against Apion Flavius Josephus 1709

He also erected what was called a pensile paradise, because his wife was desirous to have things like her own country, she having been bred up in the palaces of Media. "

Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

The nest of the South African Cape Weaver above provides an example of a 'pensile' nest, one supported entirely by suspension from above or from the side; the Cape Weaver likes to hang its nest from power lines and fences that crisscross the grasslands of the Western Cape.

Photo-Op: Nest Fest 2011

The translucent Thames reflected the pensile branches of the trees, while on its clear bosom boats and pleasure-barges were gliding; and as the sun disappeared in the western sky, it was richly coloured with a crimson hue in a cloudless horizon.

The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale 2008

Ellena heard once more, with the joy of liberty, the midnight breeze passing among the pensile branches of the palms, that loftily overshadowed a rude platform before the gate, and rustling with fainter sound among the pendent shrubs of the surrounding cliffs.

The Italian 2004

I saw the lantern pensile formerly taken out of the temple of

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

I saw the lantern pensile formerly taken out of the temple of

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

The walls are beautifully stuccoed and decorated with Morisco fancifulness; the lofty ceiling was originally of the same favorite material, with the usual frostwork and pensile ornaments or stalactites; which, with the embellishments of vivid coloring and gilding, must have been gorgeous in the extreme.

The Alhambra 2002

The walls are beautifully stuccoed and decorated with Morisco fancifulness; the lofty ceiling was originally of the same favorite material, with the usual frostwork and pensile ornaments or stalactites; which, with the embellishments of vivid coloring and gilding, must have been gorgeous in the extreme.

The Alhambra 2002