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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STYLOBATE

Sty "lo *bate, n. Etym: [L. stylobates, stylobata, Gr. (Arch. )

Defn: The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base.

New American Oxford Dictionary

stylobate

sty lo bate |ˈstīləˌbāt ˈstaɪləbeɪt | ▶noun a continuous base supporting a row of columns in classical Greek architecture. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek stulobatēs, from stulos ‘pillar ’ + batēs ‘base ’ (from bainein ‘to walk ’).

Oxford Dictionary

stylobate

stylobate |ˈstʌɪlə (ʊ )beɪt | ▶noun a continuous base supporting a row of columns in classical Greek architecture. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek stulobatēs, from stulos ‘pillar ’ + batēs ‘base ’ (from bainein ‘to walk ’).