Meaning of karyatide | Babel Free

Definitions

a caryatid (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head)

masculine

Examples

“Musikvereins gyldne sal med sine karyatider [er] det hellige sted i byens musikkliv”

Musikverein's golden hall with its caryatids [is] the sacred place in the city's musical life

“billedhuggeren Wilhelm Rasmussen … lot utsmykke [museumsfasaden] med 12 karyatider i larvikitt”

the sculptor Wilhelm Rasmussen… had the [museum facade] decorated with 12 caryatids in larvikite