pedestal

Definitions

• (architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
• (figuratively) A place of reverence or honor.
• (rail transport) A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
• (machining) A pillow block; a low housing.
• (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.
• (steam heating) a pedestal coil, group of connected straight pipes arranged side by side and one above another, used in a radiator.