Entablature

/ɛntˈæblət‍ʃɐ/

/ɛntˈæblətʃɚ/

[noun]

Entablature

[NOUN]

the horizontal, decorative element that rests on top of columns or pillars in architecture

Examples

1. You can see the coffered ceiling up here, the projecting entablatures, the mask, which is another reference to things theatrical.

2. A very large chunk of that frieze and entablature is still preserved today.

3. We see extensive fragments of columns and entablatures and arcades and so on and so forth, strewn around the structure today.

4. We see here, in this façade, the use of the traditional vocabulary of architecture: the columns, the entablature above, and pediments and so on down here, triangular pediments down here.