Definitions for architrave

architrave ar·chi·trave

Spelling: [ahr-ki-treyv]
IPA: /ˈɑr kɪˌtreɪv/

Architrave is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 484 anagrams from letters in architrave (aacehirrtv).

Definitions for architrave

noun

  1. the lowermost member of a classical entablature, resting originally upon columns.
  2. a molded or decorated band framing a panel or an opening, especially a rectangular one, as of a door or window.

Origin of architrave

1555-65; Middle French Italian; see archi-, trave1

Examples for architrave

The Frise ought not to be so high as the architrave by a 4th.

The wooden columns had no capitals, and the only architrave was the horizontal beam that supported the rafters of the roof.

Above the architrave are frescoes by Fracassini, of the lives and martyrdoms of SS.

The entablature is a positive triumph in cornice, frieze and architrave.

The architrave was once hung with wreaths and decorated with shields.

C is one of the Faces of the Sabliers which serve instead of an architrave.

The architrave, for example, has three facias instead of being plain.

The epistyle is commonly spoken of by its Roman name, architrave.

The architrave has the height of one half of the thickness of a column.

The columns are all fluted, and all taper gradually as they rise to the architrave.

Word Value for architrave
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