单词 | pillaret |
释义 | pillaretn. A small pillar or column. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > pillar > [noun] > small pillaret1631 pillarlet1828 1631 W. Lisle Faire Æthiopian x. 164 Foure-square it was, and (pillarets in steed) At eu'rie corner born-vp with a reed As big as trunke of Oake. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wilts. 144 The Pillars and Pillarets of Fusill Marble. 1790 R. Gough in S. Pegge Observ. on Fonts in Eng. 14 One [font] at Ancaster with interlaced arches on long pillarets. 1875 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust (new ed.) II. iii. 186 There you see pillars, pillarets [1871 pillarlets], arches great and small. 1941 ‘R. West’ Black Lamb & Grey Falcon I. 164 The Golden Gate of the palace..a very handsome creeper-hung matter of niches and pillarets. 1991 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 June i. 25/2 Chambers replete with gold-leafed pillarets and silver-plated candelabras. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1631 |
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