trabeate
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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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Adj. | 1. | trabeate - not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches) architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" straight - free from curves or angles; "a straight line" |
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