Peripteral

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peripteral \Pe*rip"ter*al\, a. [Gr., fr. ? + ? feather, wing,
     row of columns.] (Arch.)
     Having columns on all sides; -- said of an edifice. See
     {Apteral}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  peripteral
       adj : having columns on all sides [ant: {apteral}]