pilaster (redirected from Pilasters)

pi·las·ter  (p-lstr)

n.

A rectangular column with a capital and base, projecting only slightly from a wall as an ornamental motif.

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[French pilastre, from Old French, from Old Italian pilastro, from Medieval Latin plaster : Latin pla, pillar + Latin -aster, n. suff., or blend of Latin pla, pillar, and Late Latin parastats, pilaster (from Greek, stay, supporter : para-, beside; see para-¹ + -stats, -stat).]

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pilaster

Noun

a shallow rectangular column attached to the face of a wall [Latin pila pillar]

pilastered adj

Thesaurus

Noun

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pilaster - a rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached pillar, column - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure