stylobaten.
/ˈstʌɪləbeɪt/, U.S. /ˈstaɪləˌbeɪt/ Architecture.
A continuous basement upon which a row of columns is supported. See stereobate n.
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1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xliii Its Stylobates or Foot~steps.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 314 Fifty-two columns..standing on a circular stylobat.
1827 Gentleman's Mag. 97 ii. 11 A circular temple, raised on a stylobate of three steps.
1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 9 Dec. 15/1 The temple rests on a stylobate, having a finely moulded base and surbase.
1902 A. J. Evans in Ann. Brit. Sch. Athens 1901–2, 48 A raised base or stylobate which formed a division between the two halves of the Megaron.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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