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Webster 1913 Edition
Platband
Plat′bandˊ
,Noun.
[F.
plate-bande
; plat
, plate
, flat, level + bande
a band.] 1.
A border of flowers in a garden, along a wall or a parterre; hence, a border.
2.
(Arch.)
(a)
A flat molding, or group of moldings, the width of which much exceeds its projection, as the face of an architrave.
(b)
A list or fillet between the flutings of a column.
Webster 1828 Edition
Platband
PLAT'BAND
,Noun.
1.
In architecture, a flat square molding whose highth much exceeds its projecture, such as the faces of an architrave.2.
The lintel of a door or window.3.
A list or fillet between the flutings of a column.