English Dictionary

impost

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɪmpəʊst/

名詞

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

日本語の意味

（建築）柱、支柱、または壁などの上部で、アーチを支える部分

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

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。

意味（1）

(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.

imposts （ plural ）