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Architrave   /ˈɑrkətrˌeɪv/   Listen
Architrave

noun
1.
The molding around a door or window.
2.
The lowest part of an entablature; rests immediately on the capitals of the columns.





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... moderate size, is the frequent combination in a single mass of distinct architectural members; for instance, of the shaft and capital of pillars, of entire pediments with a portion of the wall below them, and of the walls of monuments with the cornice and architrave. M. Renan has made some strong remarks on this idiosyncrasy. "In the Grecian style," he says, "the beauty of the wall is a main object with the architect, and the wall derives its beauty from the divisions between the stones, which observe symmetrical laws, and are in agreement ...
— History of Phoenicia • George Rawlinson


Words linked to "Architrave" :   entablature, support, molding, moulding


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