Petit appareil - Small cubical stonework.
Pier - Support for arch, usually square.
Pilaster - Shallow pier used to buttress a wall.
Petit appareil - small cubical stonework.
Piatta Forma - fortification structure protecting the curtain between two bastions; it is square or rectangular in plan, or takes the form of a small tetrahedral bastion.
Petit appareil: Small cubical stonework. Pier: An upright support, generally square, rectangular, or composite. In medieval architecture there are massive circular supports called drum piers.
 See also: Hood-mould, Aperture, Bond, Battlement, Church
  
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