pillar, freestanding columnar supporting member. It is a general term, little used as an exact architectural definition except as applied to an upright support in the medieval styles, consisting of an assemblage of juxtaposed shafts and moldings; unlike the column, it does not adhere to the rules of the orders of architecture orders of architecture. In classical tyles of architecture the various columnar types fall, in general, into the five so-called classical orders, which are named Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite.
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pillar

Relatively slender isolated vertical structural member such as a pier or (usually squat) column. It may be constructed of a single piece of stone or wood or built up of units, such as bricks. A pillar commonly has a load-bearing or stabilizing function, but it may also stand alone, as do commemorative pillars.

pillar

1. an upright structure of stone, brick, metal, etc., that supports a superstructure or is used for ornamentation

2. a tall, slender, usually sheer rock column, forming a separate top

pillar [′pil·ər]

(civil engineering)

A column for supporting part of a structure.

(geology)

A natural formation shaped like a pillar.

A joint block produced by columnar jointing.

stalacto-stalagmite

(mining engineering)

An area of coal or ore left to support the overlying strata or hanging wall in a mine.

pillar

pillar: Perpendicular style

A column, pier, pilaster, or post that is capable of providing major vertical support.

Pillar

part of a bed or seam of a mineral that is left untouched when working a deposit in order to support the roof and protect mine excavations and surface structures.

Based on their purposes various types of pillars are distin guished: protective pillars (between levels, above and below drifts, between chambers), which protect objects during mining operations; fire safety pillars, which separate individual parts of the mine field from one another and help contain the fire, should it begin, within small areas; barrier pillars, which prevent surface or subterranean waters, gases, or loose silt from an excavation or unused mine from entering working mines; and support pillars, which prevent the rocks of the roof of the seam or ore body from caving in into an excavated area. The pillar size depends on the mining-geological conditions and the purpose of the pillar and is built according to standard guidelines.

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"I have found one," said the giant, eagerly; "I will place myself in ambuscade behind the pillar with this iron bar, and invisible, unattackable, if they come in floods, I can let my bar fall upon their skulls, thirty times in a minute.

The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

In the large pocket, on the right side of his middle cover" (so I translate the word RANFULO, by which they meant my breeches,) "we saw a hollow pillar of iron, about the length of a man, fastened to a strong piece of timber larger than the pillar; and upon one side of the pillar, were huge pieces of iron sticking out, cut into strange figures, which we know not what to make of.

Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context

But now it's done, it looks much like Pompey's Pillar.

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

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