Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Caryatic \Car`y*at"ic\, Caryatid \Car`y*at"id\, a.
   Of or pertaining to a caryatid.

Caryatid \Car`y*at"id\, n.; pl. {Caryatids}. [See {Caryatides}.]
   (Arch.)
   A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the
   place of a column or pilaster.

Source : WordNet®

caryatid
     n : a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
     [also: {carides} (pl)]