Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The capital of a pillar or pilaster which supports an arch: more commonly called impost.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Arch.), obsolete An impost.

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  • noun architecture, obsolete An impost.

Etymologies

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See chapiter.

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