architrave
Americannoun
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the lowermost member of a classical entablature, resting originally upon columns.
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a molded or decorated band framing a panel or an opening, especially a rectangular one, as of a door or window.
noun
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the lowest part of an entablature that bears on the columns
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a moulding around a doorway, window opening, etc
Other Word Forms
- architraval adjective
- architraved adjective
Etymology
Origin of architrave
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Example Sentences
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Many know the famous exterior inscription on the architrave "Equal Justice Under Law," but at the rear of the building is another powerful carved message: "Justice the Guardian of Liberty."
From Fox News • Sep. 26, 2020
Its central door has a shouldered architrave and iron gates.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2019
A small handmade wicker crucifix is still tucked into an architrave in the dilapidated cottage next door.
From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2017
In the largest houses, the stairwells are joiner’s poems of raking architrave, barley twist, corbel and column-newel.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2014
He learns the endless terms, the vocabulary that classifies the details of ancient buildings, writing them on separate index cards and making illustrations on the back: architrave, entablature, tympanum, voussoir.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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