Architrave
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɑɹ.kɪ.tɹeɪv/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Architrave is a noun meaning (architecture) The lowest part of an entablature; rests on the capitals of the columns.
Meaning
(architecture) The lowest part of an entablature; rests on the capitals of the columns.
More Meanings
- (architecture) The moldings (or other elements) framing a door, window or other rectangular opening.
Example Sentences
I know that one hinge of this door has parted with the woodwork. Dry rot has turned the architrave to compacted dust.
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.
Word Forms
- architraves
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include entablature, epistyle, acroterium, akroterion, acropodium, arch.
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