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Architrave

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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In classical architecture the lowest division of an entablature, the epistyle (a stone beam). In the case of a square opening it may be any moulded or similarly ornamented band framing a square window or door, or projecting irom it. A banded architrave is one spaced at intervals by projecting blocks. A jack architrave is, in certain orders, the lowest fascia (band or strip) of the architrave proper. Architrave trim is a casing carried around the sides and 'top of an opening; it resembles an architrave.

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Entry for 'Architrave'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/architrave.html. 1910.
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