Entablature

Entablature (?; 135) , noun

[Old French entablature: compare It intavolatura, from Late Latin intabulare to construct a basis; Latin in + tabulatum board work, flooring, from tabula. See Table.]

(Architecture) The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.

It is commonly divided into architrave, the part immediately above the column; frieze, the central space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings.