orthostates
Americannoun
plural
orthostataiExample Sentences
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The traces of the Greek wall however show that it reached up five courses above the orthostates while the presence of the καμπὑλη σελἱϛ above proves that this low wall was only a screen-wall and supported nothing.
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The distance of the top course which could not have reached above the lintel of the west door was 8¼ feet above the bottom of the orthostates of the west wall.
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Just inside the north door, the pavement consisted of thin slabs, 0.13 m. thick, which ran in under the heavy blocks below the orthostates of the west wall and fitted into a cutting in the topmost course of the poros foundation.
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He placed the threshold above the bottom of the orthostates, and the position of this threshold may have determined the high position of the orthostates of the western wall.
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This is unlikely because the floor level would then have been above the base of the orthostates.
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