0 a frame around a door, window, or arch (= a curved structure that holds the weight of something above it)
One chase approximately 8 ft high was made alongside a door architrave for the insertion of wiring, before the evidence of some paintwork concealed behind panelling and limewash was identified.
At the ground floor level, the passenger building's central facade is characterized by five portals with architraves topped by round arches.
On the upper storey of this central section there are blank panels above the windows, which have moulded architraves with keystones.
They have balconies, decorated architraves, and pediments of different types.
This architrave supports an elaborate mask and festoon motifs.
At basement level is a door with sidelights and transom; the first floor's double door has colonnettes and an architrave.
It is five bays wide, with a recessed center entry that is framed by sidelights and a molded architrave.
Inside, the two parlors on either side of the main hall have marble fireplaces, plaster cornices, wooden architraves and wide plank flooring.
