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Architrave

//ˈɑɹ.kɪ.tɹeɪv// noun

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

    "Flutings also adorn the short architraves each side of the fanlight, and the abacus of the pilaster columns which is carried across a supplementary lintel in front of the lintel proper, the latter being several inches to the rear because of the deeply recessed arrangement of the door."

  2. 2
    the lowest part of an entablature; rests immediately on the capitals of the columns wordnet
  3. 3
    The moldings (or other elements) framing a door, window or other rectangular opening.

    "I know that one hinge of this door has parted with the woodwork. Dry rot has turned the architrave to compacted dust."

  4. 4
    the molding around a door or window wordnet

Etymology

First attested 1563, borrowed from Italian architrave, from archi- (“main”) + trave (“beam”).

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