Noun
The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.
The group of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAt the Capitol the proportions of architrave to frieze are exactly 1:1. Source: Internet
It is stayed on gilt and lackered columns, on each of which is a dragon all gilt, the tail of which is attached to the column whilst the head supports the architrave, and the claws likewise are stretched out right and left to support the architrave. Source: Internet
The triglyphs are decoratively grooved with two vertical grooves ("tri-glyph") and represent the original wooden end-beams, which rest on the plain architrave that occupies the lower half of the entablature. Source: Internet
The endmost triglyph is centered over the column rather than occupying the corner of the architrave. Source: Internet
The architrave of the Ionic Order is sometimes undecorated, but more often rises in three outwardly-stepped bands like overlapping timber planks. Source: Internet
The architrave corner needed to be left “blank” (illustration, right, V.). Source: Internet