triglyph
in a Doric frieze, a slightly projecting, rectangular block occurring at regular intervals and having two vertical grooves (glyphs) and two chamfers or half grooves at the sides
Origin of triglyph
Classical Latin triglyphus from Classical Greek triglyphos: see tri- and glyphtriglyph
adjective
ArchitectureAn ornament in a Doric frieze, consisting of a projecting block having on its face two parallel vertical glyphs or grooves and two half grooves or chamfers on either vertical end, that separates the metopes.
Origin of triglyph
Latin trīglyphus from Greek trigluphos tri- three ; see trei- in Indo-European roots. gluphē carving ; see glyph .Related Forms:
- tri·glyph′ic
adjective
triglyph
entablature of a Doric order building
A. triglyph
B. metope
triglyph
Noun
(plural triglyphs)
- (architecture) A term for the vertically channeled tablets of the Doric frieze.
Origin
tri- +"Ž glyph
