entablature
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- (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roofType of structure, constructionPart of templeParts frieze, architrave, cornice, attic
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
En·tab′la·ture (?; 135), noun
Origin: OF. entablature: cf. It intavolatura, fr. LL. intabulare to construct a basis; L. in + tabulatum board work, flooring, fr. tabula. See Table.
Architecture The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.
☞ It is commonly divided into architrave, the part immediately above the column; frieze, the central space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings. Parker, John Henry
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54