trabeation

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noun

Beams used instead of arches or vaulting.

OriginLatin trabs →
Scrabble 12
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Meanings

nountrabeation (countable and uncountable, plural trabeations)

plural trabeations

  1. countableuncountablearchitectureBeams used instead of arches or vaulting.
  2. countableuncountablearchitectureAn entablature.

Origin

  1. Latintrabs“beam”
  2. Englishtrabeation

From Latin trabs (“beam”).

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APA

trabeation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trabeation

MLA

“trabeation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trabeation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trabeation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trabeation.

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