ˌinterˈcolumn Arch. ? Obs.
[ad. L. intercolumnium (f. inter between + L. columna column); in OF. entrecolumpne (1464 in Godef. Compl.), F. entrecolonne (1547 ibid.), It. intercolonnio (Florio).]
The space between two columns.
| 1665 J. Webb Stone-Heng (1725) 42 Architects assign the Intercolumn of it, to exceed three Diameters. 1708 New View Lond. II. 360/1 The Intercolumns are the Commandments, very neatly done in gold Characters on Black. 1766 Entick London IV. 60 The intercolumns are painted in imitation of porphyry. 1823 P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 586. 1934 H. P. Clunn Face of London (ed. 5) 28 The City of London Club, built in 1832–3 with..a Doric order of seven inter-columns. |