Arch. [a. L. stȳlobata, ad. Gr. στῡλοβάτης, f. στῦλο-ς pillar + -βατης, f. βαίνειν to walk, step.] = next.
1563. Shute, Archit., C ij b. If ye will set Stylobata, or Pedestal, vnder your pillor, thus ye shal begin.
1664. Evelyn, trans. Freart’s Parallel Archit., etc. 123. The Stylobata and Pedistals of Columns.
1771. W. Newton, trans. Vitruvius’ Archit., III. iii. (1791), 55. The stylobatæ should be wrought in such a manner, as to leave in the middle the adjection for the unequal scamilli.
1828–9. Encycl. Metrop. (1845), V. 311/2. Under each column in the range the stylobata is generally broken so that its face projects a little forward.
