CHAMBRANLE

, the border, frame, or ornament of stone or wood, surrounding the three sides of doors, windows, and chimneys. This is different in the different orders: when it is plain, and without mouldings, it is called simply and properly, band, case, or srame. In an ordinary door, it is mostly called door-case; in a window, the window-frame.

The Chambranle consists of three parts; the two sides, called ascendants; and the top, called the traverse or supercilium.