STYLOBATE

Sty″lo‐bate (stī″lō̍‐bā̍t), n. [[L. stylobates, stylobata, Gr. στυλοβάτησ; στυ̑λοσ a pillar + βάτησ one that treads, fr. βαίνειν to go.]] (Arch.) The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base.