colonnette

American  

[kol-uh-net] / ˌkɒl əˈnɛt /

noun

1. a small or thin column or shaft.

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Etymology

Origin of colonnette

First recorded in 1870-75; from French, equivalent to colonne “column, pillar” + -ette diminutive suffix; column ( def. ), -ette

Example Sentences

The stage above has tall square-headed windows, with reticulated tracery in the heads of cusped circles or quatrefoils, and two lights below with central colonnette.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

The apse is divided by pilaster strips into three portions externally, and in the central one is a two-light round-headed window with central colonnette.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

On the south side a similar division of the mosaic was found, a bit of a colonnette and a few fragments as of a balustrade or cancellum.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

The newel treatment is especially appropriate, inasmuch as it reflects the Ionic order, the balustrade winding scroll-fashion about a slender fluted colonnette, and the first stair tread taking the outline of the rail above.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank

The three upper stories have two window openings in each, the lowest being single lights, while the upper two have a central colonnette and two stilted round arches beneath a containing arch.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)