entablature

en·tab·la·ture

noun
\in-ˈta-blə-ˌchu̇r, -chər, -ˌt(y)u̇r\

Definition of ENTABLATURE

: a horizontal part in classical architecture that rests on the columns and consists of architrave, frieze, and cornice — see column illustration

Illustration of ENTABLATURE

Origin of ENTABLATURE

obsolete French, modification of Italian intavolatura, from intavolare to put on a board or table, from in- (from Latin) + tavola board, table, from Latin tabula

First Known Use: 1611

Rhymes with ENTABLATURE

candidature, caricature, discomfiture, distemperature, divestiture, entrepreneur, expenditure, imprimatur, investiture, literature, miniature, musculature, nomenclature, non sequitur