pillarlessadj.
/ˈpɪləlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpɪlərləs/ Lacking or without pillars.
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pillarless1851
1851 J. Fergusson Palaces Nineveh & Persepolis Restored i. §i. 156 A Sassanian palace of a style totally distinct from every thing here—a pillarless, vaulted and domed edifice.
1854 ‘F. Fern’ Fern Leaves from Fanny's Port-folio 2nd Ser. 233 Pillarless quarters, and crossed sixpences, and faded bank bills.
1889 W. B. Yeats Wanderings of Oisin ii. 28 And the dome Windowless, pillarless, multitudinous home Of faces, watched me.
1922 Glasgow Herald 7 June The experimental work on ‘pillarless’ electric safety lamps..has been conducted by the Miners' Lamps Committee.
1998 World in 1998 (Economist Publ.) 17/1 (advt.) Twelve stunning pillarless exhibition halls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1851- to take recognizance of
- to take record at
- to take recourse into
- to take recourse to
- to take rede of
- to take rede to
- to wish one a good journey
- to wish one at vinegar
- to wish one had never been born
- to wish one joy of
- to wish one the joy of
- to wish rarely wishes
- to wish to christ
- to wish to god
- to wish to goodness
- to wish to hell
- to wish to the devil
- to wish unto the devil
- to wish well
- to wish well to a person
- to wisse
- to wit
- to wit a person to say
- to wit ne'er
- to wit to say