Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
(architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Entablature \En*tab"la*ture\ (?; 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
entablature
n 1: (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a
classical temple above the columns between a capital and
the roof