entablature

entablature


en·tab·la·ture    Audio Help   (ěn-tāb'lə-chŏŏr')   

n.   The upper section of a classical building, resting on the columns and constituting the architrave, frieze, and cornice.

[Obsolete French, from Italian intavolatura, from intavolare, to put on a table : in-, in, on (from Latin; see en-1) + tavola, table (from Latin tabula, board).]
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