respond

{{short description|Vertical support on one side of an arch}}

{{Other uses|Response (disambiguation)}}

In architecture, a respond is a half-pier or half-pillar that is bonded into a wall and designed to carry the springer at one end of an arch.{{Citation | last =Hyde| first =Matthew| last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link =Nikolaus Pevsner| series= The Buildings of England| title =Cumbria | publisher =Yale University Press | year =2010 | orig-year=1967 | location = New Haven and London| page = 733| isbn = 978-0-300-12663-1}}

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