† ˈcounter-piˈlaster Obs.
[counter- 8: cf. mod.F. contrepilastre.]
An opposite or secondary pilaster; in quot. a pilaster projecting from a pier (which was formerly called a pilaster).
| 1730 A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 220 The Counter-pilaster, or the flat Pillar runs from the Foot of it to the Top. Ibid. 221 The lower Pilasters have..in the Middle of them, in place of our Counter-pilaster, a half Doric Pillar. |