What is a draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster called?
caryatid — (Arch.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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