pilastered
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pilastered
Example Sentences
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Housed in an architectural fantasia—the St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel—that was designed by the restaurant’s Victorian namesake, the Gilbert Scott is a soaringly pilastered throwback to the glory days of the British Empire.
From Architectural Digest ● Apr. 6, 2015
Moments after he saw the show, a charmed Mackintosh offered to transport it from its bandbox site to the pilastered prestige of London's West End.
From Time Magazine Archive
The facade of a grand building rises gracefully, pilastered and crenelated.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
There was the king's lodging itself, Gloucester House, now embedded in a hotel, with the big pilastered windows of its saloons giving it a faded courtly air.
From The Thread of Gold by Arthur Christopher Benson
From Thunder Mountain westward, trappose greenstone is the prevailing rock: it gives rise to some strange pilastered precipices near Fort William.
From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Warburton
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