barley-sugar column
noun
bar·ley-sugar column
: a twisted architectural column : salomónica
The fine 15th-century church has twisted barley-sugar columns and old tombs set in the floor.
Paul Lewis, New York Times, 30 Nov. 1986
Paul Lewis, New York Times, 30 Nov. 1986Within its high outer walls is a luscious Gothic cloister oozing with delicate tracery and twisted barley sugar columns. Catherine Slessor, Architectural Review, February 2010
Catherine Slessor, Architectural Review, February 2010
Word History
First Known Use
1937, in the meaning defined above
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