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Pier vs Colonette - What's the difference?

pier | colonette |

As nouns the difference between pier and colonette

is that pier is (lb) (l) (raised platform built from the shore out over water) while colonette is (architecture) a narrow decorative column supporting a beam or lintel.

pier

English

(wikipedia pier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
  • A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
  • (US, nautical) A structure that projects tangentially from the shoreline to accommodate ships; often double-sided.
  • A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
  • (architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof.

    • Derived terms

    * abutment pier * pier glass * pierlike * pier table

    See also

    * jetty * mole * wharf

    Anagrams

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    colonette

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A narrow decorative column supporting a beam or lintel.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 6, author=David W. Dunlap, title=A Blossoming Cathedral Tower Sheds Its Scaffolding, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=What is now revealed, in a limestone several shades blonder than the rest of the cathedral, are crisp buttresses, gables, colonettes , gargoyles, pinnacles, crockets and ornaments known as trefoils (three cusps), quatrefoils (four cusps) and cinquefoils (five cusps). }}