A stray shot from beneath here struck the architrave above their heads, and sent down a mass of plaster over them.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Sometimes the doorways have no pillars, being entirely composed of mouldings which are continuous with those in the architrave.
"Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them"
Sidney Heath
The front columns at either end are spanned by horizontal beams that uphold a sloping gable called a pediment, the flat, three-cornered surface of which is generally adorned with sculpture in bas-relief, and along the side-columns is placed what is known as the entablature, that consists of three parts, the architrave resting on the capitals of the columns, the frieze above it and the cornice, the last of which sustains the flat roof, usually covered with tiles or marble copies of tiles.
"Architecture"
Nancy R E Meugens Bell