EPISTYLE


Meaning of EPISTYLE in English

— epistylar , adj.

/ep"euh stuyl'/ , n.

the architrave of a classical building.

[ 1555-65; epistylium the crossbeam resting on the column epistylion crossbeam of architrave ( epi- EPI- + styl ( os ) a column, pillar, post + -ion dim. suffix) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .