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Definition of Architrave

1. Noun. The molding around a door or window.

2. Noun. The lowest part of an entablature; rests immediately on the capitals of the columns.

Definition of Architrave

1. n. The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.

Definition of Architrave

1. Noun. (architecture)The lowest part of an entablature; rests on the capitals of the columns ¹

2. Noun. (architecture) The mouldings (or other elements) framing a door, window or other rectangular opening ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Architrave

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Medical Definition of Architrave

1. The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, especially. 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. Origin: F. Architrave, fr. It. Architrave; pref. Archi- + trave beam, L. Trabs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Architrave

architectural plan architectural shingle architectural style architecturally architecture architectured architectures architeuthid architeuthids architeuthis

architourism architourist architourists architranseme architransemes architrave (current term) architraved architraves archivable archival

archival science archival sciences archivalism archivally archive archived archiver archivers archives archiving

Literary usage of Architrave

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monuments of the Early Church by Walter Lowrie (1906)
"The architrave fell more and more into disuse after the fourth century; it lingered longest in places like Rome, where the people were accustomed to the ..."

2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1858)
"The use of tho architrave is to bind the columns together. ... The form of the architrave varies in the different orders ; in the Tuscan it has but one ..."

3. History of Art in Primitive Greece: Mycenian Art by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1894)
"Section through listel of architrave. above the listel of the architrave, it would stand out in empty space. Hence the peg represented by this small stone ..."

4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"The columns are all fluted, and all taper gradually as they rise to the architrave. And the flutes narrow as they draw nearer and nearer to the capitals of ..."

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