PLAT'BAND, noun A border of flowers in a garden, along a wall or the side of a parterre. 1. In architecture, a flat square molding whose highth much exceeds its projecture, such as the faces of an architrave. 2. The lintel of a door or window. 3. A list or fillet between the flutings of a column.
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