entablatureIonic order entablatureA. corniceB. friezeC. architraveD. entablatureen·tab·la·ture (?n-t?b?l?-cho?or?)n. The horizontal upper section of a classical building, resting on columns and consisting of an architrave, frieze, and cornice.[Obsolete French, from Italian intavolatura, from intavolare, to put on a table : in-, in, on (from Latin; see en-1) + tavola, table (from Latin tabula, board).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.entablature (?n?tæbl?t??) n1. (Architecture) the part of a classical temple above the columns, having an architrave, a frieze, and a cornice2. (Architecture) any construction of similar form[C17: from French, from Italian intavolatura something put on a table, hence, something laid flat, from tavola table, from Latin tabula table]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014en?tab?la?ture art at enterocolitis (?n?tæb l? t??r, -?t???r) n. (in classical architecture) the part of a temple or other building between the columns and the eaves, usu. composed of an architrave, a frieze, and a cornice. [1605?15;