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Pedestal — Ped es*tal, n. [Sp. pedestal; cf. F. pi[ e]destal, It. piedestallo; fr. L. es, pedis, foot + OHG. stal standing place, station, place, akin to E. stall. See {Foot}, and {Stall}, and {Footstall}.] 1. (Arch.) The base or foot of a column, statue,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pedestal coil — Pedestal Ped es*tal, n. [Sp. pedestal; cf. F. pi[ e]destal, It. piedestallo; fr. L. es, pedis, foot + OHG. stal standing place, station, place, akin to E. stall. See {Foot}, and {Stall}, and {Footstall}.] 1. (Arch.) The base or foot of a column,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pedestal — (from French piedestal , Italian piedistallo , foot of a stall) is a term generally applied to the support of a statue or a vase. Although in Syria, Asia Minor and Tunisia the Romans occasionally raised the columns of their temples or propylaea… … Wikipedia
pedestal — [ped′əs təl] n. [Fr piédestal < It piedestallo < piè (< L pes), FOOT + di, of + stal (< Gmc * stal,STALL1), a rest, place] 1. the foot or bottom support of a column or pillar 2. a similar base on a lamp, statue, etc. 3. a columnlik … English World dictionary
pedestal — 1560s, base supporting a column, statue, etc., from M.Fr. piédestal (1540s), from It. piedistallo base of a pillar, from pie foot + di of + stallo stall, place, seat, from a Germanic source (see STALL (Cf. stall) (n.1). Spelling in English influe … Etymology dictionary
foot — /foot/, n., pl. feet for 1 4, 8 11, 16, 19, 21; foots for 20; v. n. 1. (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves. 2. (in invertebrates) any part similar in position or function. 3.… … Universalium
pedestal — [n] support for something base, bed, bottom, foot, foundation, mounting, platform, plinth, podium, stand, substructure, support; concept 442 … New thesaurus
pedestal — ► NOUN 1) the base or support on which a statue, obelisk, or column is mounted. 2) each of the two supports of a kneehole desk or table. 3) the supporting column of a washbasin or toilet pan. ORIGIN Italian piedestallo, from piè foot + di of +… … English terms dictionary
foot|stall — «FUT STL», noun. 1. the stirrup of a woman s saddle. 2. Architecture, Rare. the base or pedestal of a pillar, or statue … Useful english dictionary
pedestal — /ped euh stl/, n., v., pedestaled, pedestaling or (esp. Brit.) pedestalled, pedestalling. n. 1. an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like. See diag. under column. 2. a supporting structure or piece; base. 3. Furniture. a. a … Universalium
foot — [OE] Foot traces its ancestry back to Indo European *pōd , *ped , which provided the word for ‘foot’ in most modern Indo European languages (the exceptions are the Slavic languages, whose ‘foot’ – words, such as Russian noga and Czech noha, come… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
