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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Architkcture
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Architrave
Britannica 11thARCHITRAVE (from Lat. arcus, an arch, and trabs, trabem, a beam), an architectural term for the chief beam which carries the superstructure and rests immediately on the columns. In the ordinary entablature it is the lowest of the three divisions, the other two