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A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.

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  1. n. A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.
  2. A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base. Note: Porches, when columns stand between two antæ, are called in Latin in antis.
  3. A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at itstermination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital andbase.
  4. n. A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.