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entablature

[en-tab-luh-cher, -choor]

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noun Architecture.

the entire construction of a classical temple or the like between the columns and the eaves, usually composed of an architrave, a frieze, and a cornice.

Origin:
1605–15; < Middle French < Italian intavolatura; see in-², table, -ate¹, -ure

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the distinctively treated lowermost portion of any construction such as a monument or exterior wall

an area of wall enframed by an arch or vault

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entablature (ɛnˈtæblətʃə)

—n
1.	the part of a classical temple above the columns, having an architrave, a frieze, and a cornice
2.	any construction of similar form

[C17: from French, from Italian intavolatura something put on a table, hence, something laid flat, from tavola table, from Latin tabulatable]

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entablature

1610s, nativization of It. intavolatura; see en- + tablature.

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