a. and sb. Arch. Also 6–9 areo-. [ad. L. aræostylos, a. Gr. ἀραιόστυλος, f. ἀραιός rare, few + στῦλος pillar; cf. F. aréostyle.]
A. adj. Of columned buildings: Having the distance between the columns equal to four or more diameters of the column. B. sb. A building, or style of building, in which the columns are so arranged.
[1563. Shute, Archit., E iiij b. This first being Areostylos … the distaunce betwene the 2 pillors to be 4, 5, or 6 Diameters.]
1706. Phillips, Areostyle.
1876. Gwilt, Archit., Aræostyle, one of the five proportions used by the ancients for regulating the intercolumniation … in porticoes and colonnades.
