entablature

(en tablə c̸hər)

noun

  1. a horizontal superstructure supported by columns and composed of architrave, frieze, and cornice
  2. any structure like this

Origin: MFr < It intavolatura < intavolare < in-, in + tavola, table, base < L tabula: see table

See entablature in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete French

Origin: , from Italian intavolatura

Origin: , from intavolare, to put on a table

Origin: : in-, in, on (from Latin; see en-1)

Origin: + tavola, table (from Latin tabula, board)

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entablature

an Ionic order entablature

A. cornice B. frieze C. architrave D. entablature

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