'Entablature' definitions:
Definition of 'entablature'
(from WordNet)
noun
(architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof
Definition of 'Entablature'
From: GCIDE
- Entablature \En*tab"la*ture\ (?; 135), n. [OF. entablature: cf. It intavolatura, fr. LL. intabulare to construct a basis; L. in + tabulatum board work, flooring, fr. tabula. See Table.] (Arch.) The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice. [1913 Webster]
- Note: It is commonly divided into architrave, the part immediately above the column; frieze, the central space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings. --Parker. [1913 Webster]