pilaster strip

noun

Architecture.

1. a pilaster mass of relatively slight projection.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pilaster strip¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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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