/ped"euh stl/ , n. , v. , pedestaled, pedestaling or ( esp. Brit. ) pedestalled, pedestalling .
n.
1. an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like. See diag. under column .
2. a supporting structure or piece; base.
3. Furniture.
a. a support for a desk, consisting of a boxlike frame containing drawers one above the other.
b. a columnar support for a tabletop.
4. Building Trades. a bulge cast at the bottom of a concrete pile.
5. set or put on a pedestal , to glorify; idealize: When we first became engaged each of us set the other on a pedestal.
v.t.
6. to put on or supply with a pedestal.
[ 1555-65; alter. of MF piedestal piedestallo, var. of PIEDISTALLO lit., foot of stall. See PED- 2 , DE, STALL 1 ]