Pilaster Definition

pĭ-lăstər
pilasters
noun
A rectangular support or pier projecting partially from a wall and treated architecturally as a column, with a base, shaft, and capital.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Pilaster

Noun

Singular:
pilaster
Plural:
pilasters

Origin of Pilaster

  • French pilastre from Old French from Old Italian pilastro from Medieval Latin pīlaster Latin pīla pillar Latin -aster n. suff. or blend of Latin pīla pillar and Late Latin parastatēs pilaster (from Greek stay, supporter) (para- beside para–1) (-statēs -stat)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French pilastre, from Italian pilastro.

    From Wiktionary

Pilaster Sentence Examples

  • A stonemason carved the Roman letters H IIII into this stone pilaster.

  • Here a pilaster forming the back of the figure receives a Corinthian capital, upon which the architrave rests; and the figures merely brace up the pilaster.

  • Each stalactite, stalagmite and pilaster was measured, numbered, and removed in sections.

  • The use of brick led to the early development of the pilaster and column, as well as of frescoes and enamelled tiles.

  • That which is inscribed with the name of "Midas the King" is the most remarkable example of one class, in which a large perpendicular surface of rock is covered with a geometrical pattern of squares, crosses and maeanders, surmounted by a pediment supported in the centre by a pilaster in low relief.

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Words Starting With

PPIPIL

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RERTER

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