piedroitn.

Brit.

/ˈpjɛdrwɑː/, U.S.

/piˈeɪˌdrwɑ/

Forms: 1600s– piedroit, 1700s pied-droit.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pied droit.

Etymology: < French pied droit, piédroit upright post of a door or window frame (1408 in Middle French as piéz drois , plural), square pier (dated 1615 in Robert Dict. alphabétique et analogique(1986)), vertical wall supporting a vault (1838) < pied foot (see pied-à-terre n.) + droit straight (see droit n.¹). Compare Old Occitan pe drech (Occitan pè drech), Catalan peu dret (1578).

Architecture. Now rare.

A square pier or pillar attached to a wall, similar to a pilaster but having neither a base nor a capital.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > pillar > [noun] > square > specific

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1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Piedroit [1706 Pied-droit], a square Pillar, that is partly within the Wall.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Pied-droit, in Architecture, is a Square Pillar, differing from a Pillaster in this respect, that it hath no Base nor Capital: It is taken also for part of the Jaumbs of a Door or Window.

1747 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 437/1 Strong wedges are placed between the extremities of the buttresses and the piedroits on which they rest.

a1844 P. Nicholson Encycl. Archit. (1852) II. 393/2 The mason's rule is 12 or 15 feet long, and is applied to under the level to regulate the courses, to make the piedroits equal, &c.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 642/2 Piedroit, a pier projecting from a wall but having neither cap nor base.

1986 J. Varriano Ital. Baroque & Rococo Architect. v. 112 The membering is varied by substituting pilasters for columns, and columns for piedroits in the central bay.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piedroit
释义	piedroitn. Brit. /ˈpjɛdrwɑː/, U.S. /piˈeɪˌdrwɑ/ Forms: 1600s– piedroit, 1700s pied-droit. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pied droit. Etymology: < French pied droit, piédroit upright post of a door or window frame (1408 in Middle French as piéz drois , plural), square pier (dated 1615 in Robert Dict. alphabétique et analogique(1986)), vertical wall supporting a vault (1838) < pied foot (see pied-à-terre n.) + droit straight (see droit n.¹). Compare Old Occitan pe drech (Occitan pè drech), Catalan peu dret (1578). Architecture. Now rare. A square pier or pillar attached to a wall, similar to a pilaster but having neither a base nor a capital. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > pillar > [noun] > square > specific pilaster1573 antes1592 pilastrel1592 anta1664 jamb1687 piedroit1696 parastas1706 alette1810 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Piedroit [1706 Pied-droit], a square Pillar, that is partly within the Wall. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Pied-droit, in Architecture, is a Square Pillar, differing from a Pillaster in this respect, that it hath no Base nor Capital: It is taken also for part of the Jaumbs of a Door or Window. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 437/1 Strong wedges are placed between the extremities of the buttresses and the piedroits on which they rest. a1844 P. Nicholson Encycl. Archit. (1852) II. 393/2 The mason's rule is 12 or 15 feet long, and is applied to under the level to regulate the courses, to make the piedroits equal, &c. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 642/2 Piedroit, a pier projecting from a wall but having neither cap nor base. 1986 J. Varriano Ital. Baroque & Rococo Architect. v. 112 The membering is varied by substituting pilasters for columns, and columns for piedroits in the central bay. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1696
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