[pi-las-ter] 
| a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column. |
| pi·las·ter (pĭ-lās'tər) n. A rectangular column with a capital and base, projecting only slightly from a wall as an ornamental motif. [French pilastre, from Old French, from Old Italian pilastro, from Medieval Latin pīlaster : Latin pīla, pillar + Latin -aster, n. suff., or blend of Latin pīla, pillar, and Late Latin parastatēs, pilaster (from Greek, stay, supporter : para-, beside; see para-1 + -statēs, -stat).] |
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