"pier" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Along the facade facing Gladstone, eight tall, narrow are framed by massive piers.
- The white rock of its vault glowed, and the great dome seemed to quiver on massive piers.
- Four massive, concrete piers, each 14 feet in diameter, supported a vaulted roof.
- Two massive piers, containing over 70,000 tons of concrete, were sunk into the river bed to support the construction.
- It is stone vaulted throughout, with massive piers to support the vaults.
- The work consisted mainly of a massive pier or quay with an elegant lighthouse at the end.
- The massive piers at the entrance to the transepts suggest a central tower.
- They were also used, particularly in Germany, when they alternated between more massive piers.
- In any case, it would have taken an army to tear down those massive piers of burned brick on which they were built.
- This structure has necessitated the use of very thick walls, and massive piers from which the domes spring.
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