sb. and a. Arch. [ad. L. tetrastȳl-os adj., tetrastȳl-on sb., a. Gr. τετράστῦλος (nent. -ov) with four pillars, f. τετρα-, TETRA- + στῦλος pillar. Cf. F. tétrastyle.]
A. sb. A structure having four pillars or columns; a group of four pillars.
1704. J. Harris, Lex. Techn., I. Tetrastyle … is a Building which hath four Columns in the Faces before and behind.
1769. De Foe’s Tour Gt. Brit., I. 369. An Organ of very good Workmanship, and supported by a Tetrastyle of beautiful Gothic Columns.
1842. Francis, Dict. Art, etc., Tetrastyle, a building having four columns in front.
B. adj. Having or consisting of four columns.
1837. Antiq. Athens, 42. Including the tetrastyle portico and that of the Caryatides.
1838. J. L. Stephens, Trav., Russia, 85/1. A tetrastyle Ionic temple of the purest white marble.
1842–76. Gwilt, Archit., Gloss. s.v. Colonnade, If the columns are four in number, it is called tetrastyle.
So Tetrastylic a. = B.; also Tetrastylous a. Bot., having four styles or pistils.
1860. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Tetrastylus,… having four styles…: tetrastylous.
1895. Funk’s Stand. Dict., Tetrastylic.
