Definition of entablature
:a horizontal part in classical architecture that rests on the columns and consists of architrave, frieze, and cornice
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Origin and Etymology 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
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