stylobate

American  

[stahy-luh-beyt] / 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)

Example Sentences

It is from the designs of Mr. Cundy, and consists of a colonnade of the Corinthian order, raised upon a plain joined stylobate.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 394, October 17, 1829 by Various

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 Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)

This cella, excluding its walls and the passage round the outside, should have a diameter equivalent to the height of a column above the stylobate.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

Swellings of the die of the stylobate or bosses in the stylobate or the frieze of the entablature.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

The column, simply set upon the stylobate, without base or pedestal, was from four to six diameters in height, with twenty flutes, having a capital of half a diameter.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements by Lord, John