noun a pillow block; a low housing.
2. pedestal ·noun a casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
3. pedestal ·noun an iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
4. pedestal ·noun the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. it consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. ·see ·illust. of column.