antes,n.pl.Arch.|ˈæntɪz| [cf.Fr.antes, ad. L. antas, acc. of antæ.] = antæ. 1789Smyth tr.Aldrich's Archit. (1818) 102 Antes..are placed nowhere except in the angles, or at the junction of walls.1813Hogg Queen's Wake 292 Astounded and awed to the antes they clung.