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Definition of Acroters
1. acroter [n] - See also: acroter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acroters
Literary usage of Acroters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative of a Journey Round the Dead Sea, and in the Bible Lands, in 1850 by Edouard de Warren (1854)
"Two raised acroters, in palm leaves, adorn the extreme angles of the pediment,
which had on its summit an ornament of the same style, but now so much ..."
2. A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture by William Chambers, Joseph Gwilt (1825)
"balustrade, the pedestals of the balustrade serve for the side acroters, ...
But when there is no balustrade, the acroters must always be of a sufficient ..."
3. Finis pyramidis; or, Disquisitions concerning the antiquity and scientific by Thomas Gabb (1806)
"A good medium would be, one diameter for the height of the angular acroters in
all cases, and for the three acroters, since it appears ..."
4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1808)
"... at the eaft-end of the great hall, which is adorned with two columns, their
entablature and pediment ; and on acroters are placed the ¡figure of ..."
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