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trabeated

[ trey-bee-ey-tid ]

adjective

, Architecture.
  1. constructed with a beam or on the principle of a beam, as an entablature or flat ceiling.
  2. denoting a form of architecture or system of construction employing beams or lintels exclusively.


trabeated

/ -eɪt; ˈtreɪbɪˌeɪtɪd; ˈtreɪbɪɪt /

adjective

  1. architect constructed with horizontal beams as opposed to arches Compare arcuate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌtrabeˈation, noun
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Other Words From

  • trabe·ation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trabeated1

1835–45; trabeat ( ion ) structure with beams (< Latin trabē ( s ) beam + -ation ) + -ed 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trabeated1

C19: back formation from trabeation, from Latin trabs a beam
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Example Sentences

The interspaces between columns were similarly covered, and hence Egyptian architecture has been, and correctly, classed as the first among the styles of trabeated architecture.

Hence this architecture is called architecture of the beam, or, in more formal language, trabeated architecture.

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