trabeated

IPA: trˈæbitɪd

adjective

  • (architecture) Built with horizontal beams; furnished with an entablature
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Examples of "trabeated" in Sentences

  • In the center apex are two smaller trabeated windows.
  • The recessed and trabeated main entrance is framed by pilasters on either side.
  • This method of construction is called arcuated, in contradistinction to the trabeated style used in Greek architecture, where the voids between column and column, or between column and wall, were spanned by lintels.
  • The facade was originally designed in the trabeated style, and still retained its massive entrance, with straight, grooved lintel over the door which was adorned by four round columns; but subsequent additions reflected the fluctuations of popular architectural taste, in the later arched windows, the broad oriel with its carved corbel, and in the new eastern wing, that had flowered into a Tudor tower with bulbous cupola.

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