ENTABLATURE
\ɛntˈablət͡ʃə], \ɛntˈablətʃə], \ɛ_n_t_ˈa_b_l_ə_tʃ_ə]\
Definitions of ENTABLATURE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof
By Princeton University
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The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.
By Oddity Software
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The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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In arch. that part of an order which lies upon the abacus of the column. It consists of three principal divisions, the architrave, the frieze, and the cornice. In large buildings projections similar to, and known also as entablatures, are often carried round the whole edifice, or along the front only; and the term is applied by engineers to similar parts of the framing of machinery, wherein architectural design is introduced.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] That part of an order which is over the columns, including the architrave, frieze, and cornice.
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In architecture, the architrave, frise, and cornice of a pillar.
By Thomas Sheridan