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distyle, n. (a.) Arch.|ˈdaɪstaɪl| [f. di-2 + Gr. στῦλ-ος column, pillar: so mod.F. distyle n.] A porch having two styles or columns. Also attrib. or as adj. distyle in antis: see quot. 1865.
1840Penny Cycl. XVIII. 412/2 The octagonal structure called the Tower of the Winds,..which has a small prostyle portal on two of its faces,..each consisting of a simple distyle, or two columns and their entablature, surmounted by a pediment. Ibid. 425/2 Converting the insulated piers below into columns of short and massive proportions, so as to produce a distyle in antis. 1865J. Fergusson Hist. Archit. I. 167 A group of pillars ‘distyle in antis’ as it is technically termed, viz., two circular pillars between two square piers. Ibid. 176 There are three other distyle halls or gates on the platform. |