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(architecture) The top part of a column, pillar, pier, wall, etc. that supports an arch.

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/ˈɪmpəʊst/

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(architecture) The top part of a column, pillar, pier, wall, etc. that supports an arch.

Japanese Meaning

（建築）柱、支柱、または壁などの上部で、アーチを支える部分

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The mason carefully carved the impost so it would distribute the arch's weight evenly across the column.

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石工は、アーチを支える柱の上部を丁寧に彫り、アーチの荷重が柱全体に均等に伝わるようにした。

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(architecture) The top part of a column, pillar, pier, wall, etc. that supports an arch.

The outer circle [of Stonehenge] has been formed by a combination of two uprights and an impost; yet each combination of these three stones is detached, and without any connection with the rest, except that of coinciding in the form of a circle.

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