‖ subˈtenia Arch. rare.
[f. sub- 1 + tenia, tænia.]
The narrow listel under the lower tænia of the Doric entablature; the guttæ band.
| 1563 Shute Archit. c iij b, Geue Tenia..the seuenth parte, and geue Subtenia, and Gutta pendante..the sixte part of a modulus to their height. |