entablature

Noun

Meaning

The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

entablement constitution frieze building capital architecture arrangement covering ceiling coping cornice sconce epistyle pediment architrave
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Hypernyms

structure construction

Anagrams

untreatable

Examples

Above the capital is a square abacus connecting the capital to the entablature. Source: Internet

A column height to diameter of 6:1 became more usual, while the column height to entablature ratio at the Parthenon is about 3:1. Source: Internet

A door of the Ionic Order at the Erechtheion (17 feet high and 7.5 feet wide at the top) retains many of its features intact, including mouldings, and an entablature supported on console brackets. Source: Internet

A triglyph is centered above every column, with another (or sometimes two) between columns, though the Greeks felt that the corner triglyph should form the corner of the entablature, creating an inharmonious mismatch with the supporting column. Source: Internet

A slightly greater adjustment has been made to the entablature. Source: Internet

In 1925-7 the fourteen of the north side’s seventeen columns were re-erected, along with part of the entablature. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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