Pilaster in A Sentence

    1

    A stonemason carved the Roman letters H IIII into this stone pilaster.

    2

    Each stalactite, stalagmite and pilaster was measured, numbered, and removed in sections.

    3

    Here a pilaster forming the back of the figure receives a Corinthian capital, upon which the architrave rests; and the figures merely brace up the pilaster.

    4

    That which is inscribed with the name of "Midas the King" is the most remarkable example of one class, in which a large perpendicular surface of rock is covered with a geometrical pattern of squares, crosses and maeanders, surmounted by a pediment supported in the centre by a pilaster in low relief.

    5

    The use of brick led to the early development of the pilaster and column, as well as of frescoes and enamelled tiles.