pilaster: Meaning and Definition of

pi•las•ter

Pronunciation: (pi-las'tur), [key]
— n. Archit.
  1. a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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