car·y·at·id
noun/ˌkæriˈætɪd/
/ˌkæriˈætɪd/
(architecture)- a statue of a female figure used as a supporting pillar in a building
女像柱 Word Originmid 16th cent.: via French and Italian from Latin caryatides, from Greek karuatides, plural of karuatis ‘priestess of Artemis at Caryae’, from Karuai (Caryae) in Laconia (a modern department and ancient region of Greece).