| 单词 | pillow capital |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspillow capital d. Architecture. A moulding set between the abacus and echinus in the capital of a column; esp. a volute in an Ionic capital. Also attributive in pillow capital. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > capital > parts of specific types of capital caulis1563 helix1563 vase1563 voluta1563 cyllerie1592 codd1601 cilery1611 roll1611 turning1631 pillow1664 volute1696 tambour1706 collarino1715 annulet1728 colarin1728 drum1728 caulicoles1815 intervolute1831 bolster1842 stalk1842 horn1847 bell1848 cauliculusa1878 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 128 The Return [of the Volute] or Pillow betwixt the Abacus and Echinus resembles the side-plaited tresses of Womens haire. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Voluta These Voluta's are more especially remarkable in the Ionick Capital, representing a kind of Pillow or Cushion laid between the Abacus and the Echinus. 1708 J. James tr. C. Perrault Treat. Five Orders of Columns ii. iii. 71 The Volutes hitherto describ'd, are on the Face of the Capital in Front, and on that behind it; the Faces, on the Sides, are of another Fashion. Vitruvius calls this Part on the Side, the Pillow. 1876 W. Papworth Gwilt's Encycl. Archit. (rev. ed.) Gloss. 1340 Volute, a spiral scroll which forms the principal feature of the capital of the Ionic order... The returns or sides are called pulvinata or pillows. 1982 Hesperia 51 131/2 Echinus rises at flair wider than 45°, ending in heavy, rounded pillow under abacus. 1999 J. S. Curl Dict. Archit. 501/1 Pillow capital, capital resembling a cushion, or a cubic capital with the lower angles rounded off. < as lemmas |
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