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platband

platband


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Platband  \Plat"band`\,  n.  [F.  plate-bande;  plat,  plate,  flat, 
  level  +  bande  a  band.] 
  1.  A  border  of  flowers  in  a  garden,  along  a  wall  or  a 
  parterre;  hence  a  border. 
 
  2.  (Arch.) 
  a  A  flat  molding,  or  group  of  moldings,  the  width  of 
  which  much  exceeds  its  projection,  as  the  face  of  an 
  architrave. 
  b  A  list  or  fillet  between  the  flutings  of  a  column.