See also:

• ARCHITRAVE (from Lat. arcus, an arch, and trabs, trabem, a beam)

ARCHITRAVE (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. arcus, an See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch, and trabs, trabem, a See also:

• BEAM
• BEAM (from the O. Eng. beam, cf. Ger. Baum, a tree, to which sense may be referred the use of " beam " as meaning the rood or crucifix, and the survival in certain names of trees, as horn-beam)

beam)  , an architectural See also:

• TERM

term for the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• BEAM
• BEAM (from the O. Eng. beam, cf. Ger. Baum, a tree, to which sense may be referred the use of " beam " as meaning the rood or crucifix, and the survival in certain names of trees, as horn-beam)

beam which carries the superstructure and rests immediately on the columns . In the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• ENTABLATURE (Lat. in, and tabula, a tablet)

entablature it is the lowest of the three divisions, the other two being the See also:

• FRIEZE

frieze and the See also:

• CORNICE (Fr. corniche, Ital. cornice)

cornice (see See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

ORDER) . The term is also applied to the moulded See also:

• FRAME

frame of a See also:

• DOORWAY (corresponding to the Gr. Iran, Lat. porte)

doorway .