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Definition of Architraves
1. architrave [n] - See also: architrave
Lexicographical Neighbors of Architraves
Literary usage of Architraves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Vignola by William Robert Ware, Vignola (1904)
"architraves.—The Tuscan Architrave, Fig. 103, has but one fascia or band, the
Composite two, ... All the architraves have a Cymatium, or crowning member, ..."
2. Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture by John Weale (1850)
"... in architecture, a part between the architraves and cornice, so called on
account of the ornaments carved ..."
3. Inspection of the Materials and Workmanship Employed in Construction: A by Austin Thomas Byrne (1898)
"architraves are mouldings fixed round the openings of doors and windows for
ornament and also to conceal the joint between the frame and the plastering. ..."
4. A History of the Three Cathedrals Dedicated to St. Paul in London: With by William Longman (1873)
"There may be some excuse for this practice, inasmuch as the architraves may be
viewed as connecting in that case ..."
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