platband
noun
1
a
: a horizontal band that is a member of a building and that takes the form of a lintel course, a flat arch, or one of a group of moldings
b
: architrave, epistyle
c
: a list or fillet between the flutings of a column
2
: a border of flowers or turf
Word History
Etymology
French plate-bande, literally, flat band, from Middle French, from plate, feminine of plat flat + bande band, strip