trabeated

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[trey-bee-ey-tid]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Architecture.

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

trabeated

/ -eɪt, ˈtreɪbɪˌeɪtɪd, ˈtreɪbɪɪt /

adjective

architect constructed with horizontal beams as opposed to arches Compare arcuate

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Other Word Forms

trabeation noun
ˌ�ٰ��ˈ��پ��ǲ� noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of trabeated¹

1835–45; trabeat ( ion ) structure with beams (< Latin �ٰ��ŧ ( 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

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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.

From

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

From

TRA trabecula

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