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Definition of Pediment
1. Noun. A triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof.
Definition of Pediment
1. n. Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use. See Temple.
Definition of Pediment
1. Noun. (context: architecture) A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton ¹
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Definition of Pediment
1. a triangular architectural part [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pediment
Literary usage of Pediment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"At either end, where the pediment narrows to a point, reclines a FIG. ...
Our engraving gives two conjectural restorations oí the pediment, that of Treu and ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"pediment. The low triangular gable following the roof slopes over the front and
rear of a ... In the neoclassic styles the pediment was often given a ..."
3. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"The armored pediment remnants are slightly convex features elevated slightly ...
Soils of these armored pediment remnants contain very strongly developed, ..."
4. A Handbook of Greek and Roman Sculpture by Edmund von Mach (1905)
"Glyptothek Ny Carlsberg, Copenhagen Reliefs and pediment Sculpture. TEMPLE OF
AIGINA. ... Centaur Holding a Girl by the Hair, West pediment Museum, ..."
5. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities by Arthur Hamilton Smith, British Museum Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1900)
"Part of the tympanum of the east pediment, with a scene of sepulchral import.
... To right and left, towards the angles of the pediment, are smaller figures ..."
6. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"Sculptures of West pediment. — Their advanced Archaism. — Sculptures of East
pediment. — Their Superiority to those of the West pediment. ..."
7. Hints to Young Architects: Calculated to Facilitate Their Practical Operations by George Wightwick, Andrew Jackson Downing (1847)
"The apex or meeting mouldings at top to be out of one block, having a horizontal
bed on tympanum; and the raking cornice at the lower angles of pediment to ..."
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