In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ENTABLATURES
Noun
entablatures
plural of entablature
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• nature tables, subalternate, untreatables
Source: Wiktionary
ENTABLATURE
En*tab"la*ture, n. Etym: [OF. entablature: cf. It intavolatura, fr. LL. intabulare to construct a basis; L. in + tabulatum board work, flooring, fr. tabula. See Table.] (Arch.)
Definition: The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.
Note: It is commonly divided into architrave, the part immediately above the column; frieze, the central space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings. Parker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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