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Webster 1913 Edition
Entablature
En-tab′la-ture
(?; 135)
, Noun.
[OF.
entablature
: cf. It intavolatura
, fr. LL. intabulare
to construct a basis; L. in + tabulatum
board work, flooring, fr. tabula
. See Table
.] (Arch.)
☞ It is commonly divided into
architrave
, the part immediately above the column; frieze
, the central space; and cornice
, the upper projecting moldings. Parker.
Webster 1828 Edition
Entablature
ENTAB'LATURE
Definition 2024
entablature
entablature
English
Noun
entablature (plural entablatures)
- (architecture) All that part of a classical temple above the capitals of the columns; includes the architrave, frieze, and cornice but not the roof