tra·be·at·ed

(trā′bē-ā′tĭd) also tra·be·ate (-bē-ĭt, -āt′)

adj. Architecture

Having horizontal beams or lintels rather than arches.

[From Latin trabs, trab-, beam (influenced by trabeātus, clothed in the trabea, a ritual garment); see treb- in Indo-European roots.]

tra′be·a′tion n.

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References in periodicals archive

There is such a thing as architectural truth.' Thomson advocated 'trabeation'.

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Curiously, while substituting a high-peaked gable for the expected cupola, it replaces the usual trabeation of the reliquary chamber below with a wide and tall arch incorporating lobed tracery on each of the four sides.

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