colonnette

[ kol-uh-net ]

noun

1. a small or thin column or shaft.

Word History and Origins

Origin of colonnette¹

First recorded in 1870-75; from French, equivalent to colonne “column, pillar” + -ette diminutive suffix; column ( def ), -ette

Example Sentences

On the south side a similar division of the mosaic was found, a bit of a colonnette and a few fragments as of a balustrade or cancellum.

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The three upper stories have two window openings in each, the lowest being single lights, while the upper two have a central colonnette and two stilted round arches beneath a containing arch.

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The apse is divided by pilaster strips into three portions externally, and in the central one is a two-light round-headed window with central colonnette.

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In the next the windows are each coupled, with a central colonnette and an arch above springing from the central and angle pilaster strips.

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The stage above has tall square-headed windows, with reticulated tracery in the heads of cusped circles or quatrefoils, and two lights below with central colonnette.

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