platband

[ plat-band ]

nounArchitecture.
  1. a flat structural member, as a lintel or flat arch.

  2. any shallow molding having a flat face.

Origin of platband

1
1690–1700; <Middle French platebande, equivalent to plate flat (see plate1) + bandeband2

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