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entablement

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en⋅ta⋅ble⋅ment

  [en-tey-buhl-muhnt]
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–noun
the platform above the dado on a pedestal.
Origin:
1655–65; < F, equiv. to entable(r) to table (see en- 1 , table ) + -ment -ment
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en·ta·ble·ment   (ěn-tā'bəl-mənt)   
n.  A platform above the base and the dado of a pedestal.

[French, from Old French : en-, in, on; see en-1 + table, table; see table + -ment, -ment.]
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