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pilaster strip

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noun

Architecture.

  1. a pilaster mass of relatively slight projection.

Etymology

Origin of pilaster strip

First recorded in 1870–75

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The compartments are divided by a shallow Buttress or Pilaster Strip.

From Project Gutenberg

Pilaster Strip from the Magdalene Church, Breslau,   87 41.

From Project Gutenberg

Plate 40.—Pilaster strip from the Magdalen Church, Breslau.

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