What's the difference between architrave and platband?
Architrave
Definition:
(n.) The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.
(n.) The group of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form.
Example Sentences:
(1) The two Art Deco restaurants in the 1930s building, which were once home to the Atlantic Bar & Grill and Titanic, have been painstakingly restored, from the timber veneer, marble pillars and gold leaf architraving to the brass fittings, apple green ceiling and original wallpaper.
(2) The "architrave" created rests on the tensor tympani while the palisaded epitympanum and antrum plasty allows ventilation of the antrum.
Platband
Definition:
(n.) A border of flowers in a garden, along a wall or a parterre; hence, a border.
(n.) A flat molding, or group of moldings, the width of which much exceeds its projection, as the face of an architrave.
(n.) A list or fillet between the flutings of a column.