stylobatan.
/stʌɪˈlɒbətə/ Architecture.
= stylobate n.
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1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Ciiv If ye will set Stylobata, or Pedestal, vnder your pillor, thus ye shal begin.
1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 123 The Stylobata and Pedistals of Columns.
1771 W. Newton tr. Vitruvius Archit. (1791) iii. iii. 55 The stylobatæ should be wrought in such a manner, as to leave in the middle the adjection for the unequal scamilli.
1845 Encycl. Metrop. V. 311/2 Under each column in the range the stylobata is generally broken so that its face projects a little forward.
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