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entablature

noun
en·​tab·​la·​ture | \ in-ˈta-blÉ™-ËŒchu̇r How to pronounce entablature (audio) , -chÉ™r, -ËŒt(y)u̇r\

Definition of entablature

: a horizontal part in classical architecture that rests on the columns and consists of architrave, frieze, and cornice

Illustration of entablature

Illustration of entablature

1 entablature, 2 cornice, 3 frieze, 4 architrave

Examples of entablature in a Sentence

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 When it was built, the hotel was sided with smooth, dressed limestone slabs, brick columns and neoclassical terra cotta entablature. — Irene North, The Seattle Times, "Scottsbluff’s Lincoln Hotel turns 100," 13 Jan. 2018

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First Known Use of entablature

1611, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for entablature

obsolete French, modification of Italian intavolatura, from intavolare to put on a board or table, from in- (from Latin) + tavola board, table, from Latin tabula

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