triangular pediment

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• pediment — triangular part of the facade of a Greek style building, 1660s, alteration of periment, peremint (1590s), apparently a dialectal garbling of PYRAMID (Cf. pyramid), the connection perhaps being the triangular shape. Sometimes associated with ped… …   Etymology dictionary

• Pediment — Ped i*ment, n. [L. pes, pedis, a foot. See {Foot}.] (Arch.) 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pediment — ► NOUN Architecture ▪ the triangular upper part of the front of a classical building, typically set over a portico. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of PYRAMID(Cf. ↑pyramid) …   English terms dictionary

• pediment — [ped′i mənt] n. [altered (after L pes, gen. pedis,FOOT) < earlier periment, prob. altered < PYRAMID] 1. a low pitched gable on the front of some buildings in the Grecian style of architecture: see PORTICO 2. any similar triangular piece… …   English World dictionary

• Pediment — ♦ Triangular low pitched gable over classical portico, or over doorways, windows, etc. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 413) …   Medieval glossary

• pediment — pedimental /ped euh men tl/, adj. pedimented /ped euh men tid, meuhn /, adj. /ped euh meuhnt/, n. 1. (in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall …   Universalium

• Pediment — The upper part of the Greek National Academy building in Athens, showing the pediment with sculptures This article is about the architectural element. For the landform, see Pediment (geology). A pediment is a classical architectural element… …   Wikipedia

• Pediment —    A common element of Greco Roman architecture, a pediment is the triangular area on the façade of a temple formed by the slopes of its pitched roof. Greco Roman pediments were usually filled with sculpture reliefs that illustrate the myths of… …   Dictionary of Renaissance art

• pediment — [[t]pe̱dɪmənt[/t]] pediments N COUNT A pediment is a large triangular structure built over a door or window as a decoration …   English dictionary

• pediment —    A wide, low pitched gable surmounting the façade of a building in the ancient Grecian style. It is formed at the end of a building by the sloping roof and the cornice. Or, a triangular element, similar to or derivative of a Grecian pediment,… …   Glossary of Art Terms

• pediment — ped·i·ment || pedɪmÉ™nt n. triangular form on the front of a building that creates the peak of the roof; triangular form resembling a gable located above church or window …   English contemporary dictionary