A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave.

architrave on the capitals of columns which unites them.

An architrave; the beam resting directly on the tops of the columns or between a column and another structure.

the lintel or lowest level of an entablature. On the templon barrier the horizontal element supported by colonnettes or piers, that bear images of the Deesis and later the Twelve Great Feasts.

See architave.