TRABEATION

Noun

trabeation (countable and uncountable, plural trabeations)

(architecture) Beams used instead of arches or vaulting.

(architecture) An entablature.

Source: Wiktionary


Tra`be*a"tion, n. Etym: [L.trabs, trabis, a beam, a timber.] (Arch.)

Definition: Same as Entablature.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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