Vocabulary : Pikeman to Pilchard

Pikeman : of Pikeman ;; A soldier armed with a pike. ;; A miner who works with a pick. ;; A keeper of a turnpike gate.
Pikestaff : The staff, or shaft, of a pike. ;; A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
Piketail : See Pintail, 1.
Pikrolite : See Picrolite.
Pilage : See Pelage.

Pilaster : An upright architectural member right-angled in plan, constructionally a pier (See Pier, 1 (b)), but architecturally corresponding to a column, having capital, shaft, and base to agree with those of the columns of the same order. In most cases the projection from the wall is one third of its width, or less.
Pilastered : Furnished with pilasters.
Pilau : See Pillau.
Pilch : A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.
Pilchard : A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England.

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