antes, n. pl. Arch.
(ˈæntɪz)
[cf. Fr. antes, ad. L. antas, acc. of antæ.]
= antæ.
| 1789 Smyth tr. Aldrich's Archit. (1818) 102 Antes..are placed nowhere except in the angles, or at the junction of walls. 1813 Hogg Queen's Wake 292 Astounded and awed to the antes they clung. |