prostyle

Definition of Prostyle in English :

1. prostyle, pseudoprostyle

marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structure

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Prostyle

adjective

1.

(of a building) having a row of columns in front, esp as in the portico of a Greek temple

noun

2.

a prostyle building, portico, etc

adjective

1. Architecture

having a portico whose columns, usually four in number, extend in a line across the front only, as in a Greek temple

noun

2.

such a portico

3.

a prostyle building

adj.

Having a row of columns across the front only, as in some Greek and Roman temples.