Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stylobate \Sty"lo*bate\, n. [L. stylobates, stylobata, Gr. ?; ?
   a pillar + ? one that treads, fr. ? 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}.