peristyle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: peristyle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for peristyle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peristyle n a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peristyle \Per"i*style\, n. [L. peristylum, Gr. [?], [?]; [?] about + [?] a column: cf. F. p[82]ristyle.] (Arch.) A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See {Colonnade}.