Vertical supports (8)
(Other definitions for columns that I've seen before include "Posts" , "Newspaper articles" , "editorials" , "Divisions of a newspaper page" , "for such as the Standard?" .)
(Other definitions for uprights that I've seen before include "goalposts?" , "Vertical posts as for rugby match" , "Vertical posts or stakes" , "Vertical posts in rugby pitch" , "Vertical posts as in rugby goal" .)