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Webster 1913 Edition

(?; 135)

Noun.

[OF.

entablature

: cf. It

intavolatura

, fr. LL.

intabulare

to construct a basis; L.

in + tabulatum

board work, flooring, fr.

tabula

. See

(Arch.)

The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of

☞ It is commonly divided into

architrave

, the part immediately above the column;

frieze

, the central space; and

cornice

, the upper projecting moldings.

Parker.