stylobate

American  

[stahy-luh-bayt] / ˈstaɪ ləˌbeɪt /

noun

Architecture.

1. a course of masonry, part of the stereobate, forming the foundation for a colonnade, especially the outermost colonnade.

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stylobate British  

/ ˈstaɪləˌbeɪt /

noun

1. a continuous horizontal course of masonry that supports a colonnade

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Etymology

Origin of stylobate

1555–65; < Latin stȳlobatēs, stȳlobata < Greek stȳlobátēs, equivalent to stȳlo- stylo- ² + -batēs ( ba- (base of baínein to step) + -tēs agent suffix)

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Example Sentences

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stylobate

Projection of the stylobate with hypothesis of embossments on the stylobates and the bases of the columns.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

This colonnade is supported by a circular stylobate, which rests on an octagon base, and is surrounded by a gallery, bordered by an iron balustrade.

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Francis W. Blagdon

This is also true of the stylobate, or substructure of a colonnade, and of pediments and other features.

From Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications by Matthew Luckiesh

The disposition of these columns and of the great range of steps, or stylobate, is the most marked feature in Greek temple plans.

From Architecture Classic and Early Christian by T. Roger (Thomas Roger) Smith

In the Parthenon, the stylobate has an upward curvature of more than four inches on the sides of the edifice and of more than two and a half inches on the east and west fronts.

From Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications by Matthew Luckiesh

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