Category:Platband

Plat"band`, n. Etym: [f. plate-bande; plat, plate, flat, level + Bande a band.]

1. A border of flowers in a garden, along a wall or a parterre; Hence, a border.

2. (arch.) (a) a flat molding, or group of moldings, the width of which much Exceeds its projection, as the face of an architrave. (b) a list or fillet between the flutings of a column.