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pedi·ment (pedi mənt)

noun

  1. a low-pitched gable on the front of some buildings in the Grecian style of architecture
  2. any similar triangular piece used ornamentally, as over a doorway, fireplace, etc.

Etymology: altered (after L pes, gen. pedis, foot) < earlier periment, prob. altered < pyramid

pediment Related Forms
ped′i·men·tal adjective
pediment Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • carry: The unfluted Ionic columns rise from the ground floor and carry a pediment.
  • support: The central 1st floor window above has a pediment supported on consoles.
  • have: The central 1st floor window above has a pediment supported on consoles.
  • mount: The case features a scroll pediment mounted on pillars.
  • carve: High above the temple steps, four tall columns once supported an intricately carved pediment.

Converse of subject

  • surmount: Single, central, canal loading arm in northern elevation, surmounted by a classical pediment.
  • crown: The pillars crowned by a pediment containing figures in relief, designed to indicate the nature of the business transacted within its walls.

Adjective modifier

  • segmental: The keystone reaches up into a segmental pediment, set against a flat cornice.
  • triangular: The doorway with triangular pediment above still survives in the wall of the Fellows ' car park of St Catharine's.
  • broken: In other forms of broken pediment, the base line might be interrupted.
  • east: Figure ' D ' from the east pediment of the Parthenon.
  • west: Torso of Poseidon from the center left of the west pediment.
  • central: The capital has a very dominant focus and bolsters with a central pediment.

Preposition: on

  • bracket: Over the doorway is a lion mask, and a scroll pediment on brackets.

Noun used with modifier

  • three-bay: It was a typical 18th century house with 5 bays and a center three-bay roof pediment.
  • scroll: The case features a scroll pediment mounted on pillars.
  • stone: A full length studio portrait of two men from Luanda posed against a stone pediment.
  • temple: Many carved stones from the temple pediment where uncovered during the building process.
  • marble: The interior doorway is most curious, with two classical figures supporting a large marble pediment.

Preposition: of

  • temple: West pediment of the temple of Zeus at Olympia.

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