Pilaster

3 definitions found

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

  Pilaster \Pi*las"ter\, n. [F. pilastre, It. pilastro, LL.
     pilastrum, fr. L. pila a pillar. See {Pillar}.] (Arch.)
     An upright architectural member right-angled in plan,
     constructionally a pier (See {Pier}, 1
     (b) ), but architecturally corresponding to a column, having
         capital, shaft, and base to agree with those of the


         columns of the same order. In most cases the projection
         from the wall is one third of its width, or less.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pilaster
       n : a rectangular column that usually projects about a third of
           its width from the wall to which it is attached

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "pilaster":
     antenna tower, arcade, atlas, baluster, balustrade, banister,
     barbican, base, belfry, bell tower, campanile, caryatid, colonnade,
     colonnette, colossus, column, cupola, dado, derrick, die, dome,
     fire tower, footstalk, jack, lantern, lighthouse, martello,
     martello tower, mast, minaret, monument, newel-post, obelisk,
     observation tower, pagoda, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, peristyle,
     pier, pile, piling, pillar, pinnacle, plinth, pole, portico, post,
     pylon, pyramid, queen-post, shaft, skyscraper, socle, spire, staff,
     stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, standpipe, steeple, stem, stupa,
     subbase, surbase, telamon, television mast, tope, tour, tower,
     trunk, turret, upright, water tower, windmill tower