Hypertext Webster Gateway: "entablature"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Entablature \En*tab"la*ture\ (?; 135), n. [OF. entablature: cf.
It intavolatura, fr. LL. intabulare to construct a basis; L.
in + tabulatum board work, flooring, fr. tabula. See
{Table}.] (Arch.)
The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns.
See Illust. of {Column}, {Cornice}.
Note: It is commonly divided into architrave, the part
immediately above the column; frieze, the central
space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings.
--Parker.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
entablature
n : the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple
above the columns between a capital and the roof
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