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trabeated

[′tra·bē‚ād·əd]
(architecture)
Designed or constructed of beams and lintels, as distinguished from construction based on arches and vaults.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Trabeated

Descriptive of construction using beams or lintels, following the principle of post-and-lintel construction, as distinguished from construction using arches and vaults.
Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture Copyright © 2012, 2002, 1998 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved

trabeated

1. Descriptive of construction using beams or lintels, following the principle of post and lintel construction, as distinguished from construction using arches and vaults.
2. Furnished with an entablature.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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