shaft
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shaft. 1. Body, fust, or trunk of a
colonnette or column extending from the top of the
base to the bottom of the
capital, in the Classical
Orders diminishing in size as it rises (see
diminution,
entasis).
2. Slim cylindrical tall element, one of several clustered around a
pier and tied to it by
shaft-rings, often made of
Purbeck marble or some other material to contrast with the lighter stone of the pier.
3. Colonnette set at an angle of a building, e.g. junction of a
jamb with a wall, or framing a
reveal.
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