entablature
(ɛnˈtæblətjʊə(r))
Also 7–8 in-.
[ad. (? through Fr.; see quot. 1611) It. intavolatura, f. intavolare, f. in in + tavola table.]
1. Arch. That part of an order which is above the column; including the architrave, the frieze, and the cornice.
| 1611 Cotgr. Entablature, an intablature. 1664 Evelyn tr. Freart's Archit. xiv. 38 The Entablature [orig. Fr. entablement] (that is to say, Architrave, Freeze, and Cornice). 1726 Leoni Alberti's Archit. I. 13 b, Columns, Architraves, Intablatures, and Coverings. 1760 Gray Corr. (1843) 203 Large Corinthian columns of fine alabaster..bear up an entablature, and form a sort of canopy over it. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. II. 223 In the classical orders, the entablature overpowered the columns. 1875 Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome lxxviii. (1877) 665 He was allowed to engrave his own name upon the entablature of the temple. |
2. Mech. a. In the marine steam-engine: A strong iron frame supporting the paddle-shaft. b. The platform which supports the capstan.
| 1867 Times 23 Jan. 10 Among other repairs..has been that of the engine entablature, which was split across. 1886 J. M. Caulfeild Seamanship Notes 3 Parts of the Capstan..Throw off, spindle, entablature. |