ENTABLATURE

, in Architecture, is that part of an order of column which is over the capital, comprehending the Architrave, Frize, and Corniche.

Entablature

, or Entablement, is sometimes also used for the last row of stones on the top of the wall of a building, on which the timber and cover- | ing rest; sometimes also called the Drip, because it projects a little, to throw the water off.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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ENGONASIS
ENGYSCOPE
ENHARMONIC
ENNEADECATERIS
ENNEAGON
* ENTABLATURE
ENVELOPE
ENUMERATION
EPACT
EPAULE
EPAULEMENT