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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