| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| architrave |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·chi·trave |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  är k -tr v |
| NOUN: | 1. The lowermost part of an entablature in classical architecture that rests directly on top of a column. Also called epistyle. 2. The molding around a door or window. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French, from Old Italian : archi-, archi- + trave, beam (from Latin trabs, trab-; see treb- in Appendix I).
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