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short column

British  

noun

  1. a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling

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The group, dressed in heavy military gear, silently affixes the pole to a short column along the edge of the roof before quickly walking away.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023

In this short column, she took us from feeling sadness and hopelessness to reflection and optimism.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2021

Their form is innovative, a thin short column down the middle of each page, playing off the traditions of a newspaper obituary.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2021

He had a short column in the paper.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2019

That at Shrawley is on the eastern side of the south door, and is hollowed out within the top of a short column.

From Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various