architrave

Definitions

1. The lowest part of an entablature; rests on the capitals of the columns.
2. The moldings (or other elements) framing a door, window or other rectangular opening.

Equivalents

Examples

“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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