platband

English

noun
Definitions
  • A border of flowers in a garden, especially along a wall; a strip of turf forming a border.
  • (figuratively) Any border.
  • (architecture) A flat fascia on an architrave, or forming a border round a window, or a horizontal band along a wall.
  • (architecture) A fillet on a column, between the flutings.
  • (rare) A flat lintel over a door or window.

Etymology

Compound from English plat + English band (swaddling clothes).

Origin

English

band

Gloss

swaddling clothes

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