triglyph

tri·glyph

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 glyph

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triglyph

adjective

Architecture

An 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 .

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tri·glyph′ic
adjective

triglyph

entablature of a Doric order building

A. triglyph

B. metope

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Noun

(plural triglyphs)

(architecture) A term for the vertically channeled tablets of the Doric frieze.

Origin

tri- +"Ž glyph

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