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architrave (n.)

1560s as a feature of architectural columns; 1660s of window parts, from Italian architrave, from Latin archi- "beginning, origin" (see archon) + Italian trave "beam," from Latin trabem (nominative trabs) "beam, timber," from PIE root *treb- "dwelling" (see tavern).

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Definitions of architrave from WordNet

architrave (n.)
the molding around a door or window;
architrave (n.)
the lowest part of an entablature; rests immediately on the capitals of the columns;
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