pilaster
noun/pɪˈlæstə(r)/
/pɪˈlæstər/
(specialist)- a flat column that sticks out from the wall of a building, used as decorationWord Originlate 16th cent.: from French pilastre, from Italian pilastro or medieval Latin pilastrum, from Latin pila ‘pillar’.
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