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pilaster

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pi·las·ter  (p-lstr)
n.
A rectangular column with a capital and base, projecting only slightly from a wall as an ornamental motif.
[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).]
pilaster [pɪˈlæstə]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a shallow rectangular column attached to the face of a wall
[from French pilastre, from Latin pīla pillar]
pilastered  adj
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Noun1.pilasterpilaster - 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
Translations
pilaster [pɪˈlæstəʳ] N → pilastra f
pilaster
n → Pilaster m, → Halbpfeiler m


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Just below the end of the second, going down, the stone wall on the left terminates in an ornamental pilaster facing towards the Thames.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
The friezes ornamented with arabesques, and the pediments which crowned the pilasters, conferred richness and grace on every part of the building, while the domes which surmounted the whole added proportion and majesty.
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It was a large brick house, decorated with Ionic pilasters, and stood in Garden Court Street, near the North Square.
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