Definitions
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- noun architecture A narrow
decorative column supporting abeam orlintel .
Etymologies
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French
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Examples
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On each side of the latter might have been a smaller colonette, which would account for the capital carried off by us to Egypt.
The Land of Midian 2003
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The only specimen of a colonette-capital has an upper diameter of 0.26, a lower of 0.17, and a height of 0.16.
The Land of Midian 2003
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The only specimen of a colonette-capital has an upper diameter of 0.26, a lower of 0.17, and a height of 0.16.
The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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On each side of the latter might have been a smaller colonette, which would account for the capital carried off by us to Egypt.
The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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