stylobate
[ stahy-luh-beyt ]
/ ˈstaɪ ləˌbeɪt /
noun Architecture. (in a classical temple)
a course of masonry, part of the stereobate, forming the foundation for a colonnade, especially the outermost colonnade.
Origin of stylobate
1555–65; < Latin
stȳlobatēs,
stȳlobata < Greek
stȳlobátēs, equivalent to
stȳlo-
stylo-2 +
-batēs (
ba- (base of
baínein to step) +
-tēs agent suffix)
Words nearby stylobate
stylistic,
stylistics,
stylite,
stylize,
stylo-,
stylobate,
stylograph,
stylographic,
stylography,
stylohyal,
stylohyoid
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British Dictionary definitions for stylobate
stylobate
/ (ˈstaɪləˌbeɪt) /
noun
a continuous horizontal course of masonry that supports a colonnade
Word Origin for stylobate
C17: from Latin
stylobatēs, from Greek
stulos pillar +
-batēs, from
bainein to tread, walk