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architrave

ar.chi.trave \'a:r-k*-.tra-v\ n [MF, fr. Olt, fr. archi- + trave beam, fr. 
   L trabs] 1: the lowest division of an entablature resting in classical 
   architecture immediately on the capital of the column 2: the molding 
   around a door or other rectangular opening