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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Entablature \En*tab"la*ture\ (?; 135), n. [OF. entablature: cf. It intavolatura, fr. LL. intabulare to construct a basis; L. in + tabulatum board work, flooring, fr. tabula. See Table.] (Arch.) The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice. [1913 Webster] Note: It is commonly divided into architrave, the part immediately above the column; frieze, the central space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings. --Parker. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

entablature n 1: (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof