Definition of telamon in US English:

nounPlural telamones

• A male figure used as a pillar to support an entablature or other structure.

  Example sentences

  • ‘The presbytery is a late Renaissance masterpiece composing a choir, a Temple by Pellegrini, two pulpits with giant telamones covered in copper and bronze, and two large organs.’
  • ‘The base of each lamp is composed of three heavily muscled telamones, all standing facing outward with feet together and arms straight at their sides, hands supported by buttresses.’
  • ‘The entablature is supported by four beturbaned telamones; in the centre is the draped sarcophagus.’
  • ‘Between them stood impressive statues of giants, the telamones, which functioned as load-bearing supports for the structure.’
  • ‘On the tip of the spire is a weathervane of Fortuna, seen standing on a gilded globe supported by two telamones.’

  Synonyms

  column, post, pole, support, upright, vertical, baluster, pier, pile, piling, pilaster, stanchion, standard, prop, buttress

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