Trabeated (architecture)

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In architecture, a trabeated system or order (from Latin trabs, beam; influenced by trabeatus, clothed in the trabea, a ritual garment) refers to the use of horizontal beams or lintels which are borne up by columns or posts. Due to its origin in timber construction, the system is also known as the post and lintel system. It is the opposite of the arcuated system, which involves the use of arches.

The trabeated system is the fundamental principle of neolithic architecture, Ancient Greek architecture and Ancient Egyptian architecture. Other trabeated styles are the Persian, Lycian, nearly all the Indian styles, the Chinese, Japanese and South American styles.

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