trabeated

[ trey-bee-ey-tid ]

adjectiveArchitecture.
  1. constructed with a beam or on the principle of a beam, as an entablature or flat ceiling.

  2. denoting a form of architecture or system of construction employing beams or lintels exclusively.

Origin of trabeated

1
1835–45; trabeat(ion) structure with beams (<Latin trabē(s) beam + -ation) + -ed2
  • Also tra·be·ate [trey-bee-it, -eyt]. /ˈtreɪ bi ɪt, -ˌeɪt/.

Other words from trabeated

  • tra·be·a·tion, noun

Words Nearby trabeated

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How to use trabeated in a sentence

  • trabeated, constructed with a beam or beams, a term usually employed in contrast to arches.

    Architecture | Thomas Roger Smith
  • Hence this architecture is called architecture of the beam, or, in more formal language, trabeated architecture.

    Architecture | Thomas Roger Smith

British Dictionary definitions for trabeated

trabeated

trabeate (ˈtreɪbɪɪt, -eɪt)

/ (ˈtreɪbɪˌeɪtɪd) /


adjective
  1. architect constructed with horizontal beams as opposed to arches: Compare arcuate

Origin of trabeated

1
C19: back formation from trabeation, from Latin trabs a beam

Derived forms of trabeated

  • trabeation, noun

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