A pillar is a body of architectural structure on which way specific the loads of the Superstructure concentrate (for example loads of a Charpente or those of the Maçonnerie S of the higher levels). Contrary to a column, the pillar is a built element and not-circular. The pillar is also a mass able to support a fray like a counter. " The pillar drinks, the fray passe."

the pillar, with Rugby, is the most important element of the fray, that on which everyone rests, a monster never not feeling the blows, because the layer of grease protects it from those Ci, a fat which, when it is let go on a chair, overflows completely…

See too

• Poteau
• Colonne
• Pilier soissonnais

Homonymy

• Pilier is a position of player to Rugby