architrave

[ahr-ki-treyv] Origin

ar·chi·trave

[ahr-ki-treyv]
noun Architecture.
1.
the lowermost member of a classical entablature, resting originally upon columns.
2.
a molded or decorated band framing a panel or an opening, especially a rectangular one, as of a door or window.

Origin:
1555–65; Middle French < Italian; see archi-, trave1

ar·chi·tra·val, adjective
ar·chi·traved, adjective
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Architrave is always a great word to know.
So is bearing. Does it mean:
a series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually making up one side of a roof
a supporting part of a structure; the area of contact between a supporting beam and other underlying support
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architrave (ˈɑːkɪˌtreɪv)
 
n
1.  the lowest part of an entablature that bears on the columns
2.  a moulding around a doorway, window opening, etc
 
[C16: via French from Italian, from archi- + trave beam, from Latin trabs]

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architrave
1560s, from It. architrave, from archi- "beginning, origin" (see archon) + trave "beam," from L. trabem (nom. trabs).
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