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/ˈɑɹ.kɪ.tɹeɪv/ · noun
(architecture) 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.
I know that one hinge of this door has parted with the woodwork. Dry rot has turned the architrave to compacted dust.
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Architrave means (architecture) The lowest part of an entablature; rests on the capitals of the columns..
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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.
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