Definition of Entablature. Meaning of Entablature. Synonyms of Entablature

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Definition of Entablature

Entablature
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. Note: It is commonly divided into architrave, the part immediately above the column; frieze, the central space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings. --Parker.

Meaning of Entablature from wikipedia

- An entablature (/ɛnˈtæblətʃər/; nativization of Italian intavolatura, from in "in" and tavola "table") is the superstructure of moldings and bands which...
- the simplest of the orders, though still with complex details in the entablature above. The Gr**** Doric column was fluted, and had no base, dropping straight...
- design for the railroad's Delmar Boulevard station in St. Louis. The entablature resting on the columns has three parts: a plain architrave divided into...
- which is a square or shaped block that in turn supports the entablature. The entablature consists of three horizontal layers, all of which are visually...
- roof and, over the cella's walls and in the blocks of the peristasis entablature, the holes for the wooden beam of the ceiling. The exterior and the interior...
- archaeological publications of the same. The geison is the part of the entablature that projects outward from the top of the frieze in the Doric order and...
- doors set within a classical doorcase with Gr**** key decoration and an entablature supported by carved consoles. Above the doorcase is a large stone with...
- 500-foot-long (150 m) crescent has 114 Ionic columns on the first floor with an entablature in a Palladian style above. It was the first crescent of terraced houses...
- dedicatory inscription from Nikias's monument is still visible in the entablature of the Beulé Gate. The gate was integrated into the Post-Herulian Wall...
- support a structure that rises in two main stages, the entablature and the pediment. The entablature is the major horizontal structural element supporting...