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Webster 1913 Edition

Pedestal

Ped′es-tal

,
Noun.
[Sp.
pedestal
; cf. F.
piédestal
, It.
piedestallo
; fr. L.
es
,
pedis
, foot + OHG.
stal
standing place, station, place, akin to E.
stall
. See
Foot
, and
Stall
, and
Footstall
.]
1.
(Arch.)
The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of
Column
.
Build him a
pedestal
, and say, “Stand there!”
Cowper.
4.
(a)
(Railroad Cars)
A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
(b)
(Mach.)
A pillow block; a low housing.
(c)
(Bridge Building)
An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
Pedestal coil
(steam Heating)
,
a group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, – used in a radiator.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pedestal

PED'ESTAL

,
Noun.
[L. pes, the foot.] In architecture, the lowest part of a column or pillar; the part which sustains a column or serves as its foot. It consists of three parts,the base, the die and the cornice.

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