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Found 2 hits - Term: entablature, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
entablature \entab"lature\ ?; 135, n. of. entablature: cf.
   it intavolatura, fr. ll. intabulare to construct a basis; l.
   in + tabulatum board work, flooring, fr. tabula. see
   table. arch.
   the superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns.
   see illust. of column, cornice.
   1913 webster

   note: it is commonly divided into architrave, the part
         immediately above the column; frieze, the central
         space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings.
         --parker.
         1913 webster
see also:
table column cornice 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
entablature
     n : architecture the structure consisting of the part of a
         classical temple above the columns between a capital and
         the roof


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