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    [Noun]  | "ar*chi*trave" | \ ˈär-kə-ˌtrāv \


    1: the lowest division of an entablature resting in classical architecture immediately on the capital of the column

    2: the molding around a rectangular opening (such as a door)


    Origin: 1563 ;

     Middle French, from Old Italian, from archi- + trave beam, from Latin trab-, trabs{mat|thorp|};

    [Noun]  | "architraves" 


     [ "architrave" ]

    1: suave, cool, with swag, if you will derived from the the italian architrave to describe a lintel that rests upon the capital of a column, a feature in Classical architecture--for the intelligentsia, a way to show off your superficial art history vocabulary to describe something hip

      * e.g.,  ... Maddie: Jared, that picture of you at the Musee D'Orsay is so poetic, so architrave. 

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