Definition for EN-TAB'LA-TURE, or EN-TAB'LE-MENT

EN-TAB'LA-TURE, or EN-TAB'LE-MENT, n. [Sp. entablamento; Fr. entablement; Sp. entablar, to cover with boards, from L. tabula, a board or table.]

In architecture, that part of the order of a column, which is over the capital, including the architrave, frieze and cornice, being the extremity of the flooring. Encyc. Harris.

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