ter'-as (mecillah): Solomon is said, in 2Ch 9:11, to have made of the algum trees brought him from Ophir "terraces," or raised walks, for the house of Yahweh. In the parallel 1Ki 10:12, the word used is rendered "pillars," margin "`a railing'; Hebrew `a prop.'"
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Terrace
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.