triglyph

[ trahy-glif ]

nounArchitecture.
  1. a structural member of a Doric frieze, separating two consecutive metopes, and consisting typically of a rectangular block with two vertical grooves or glyphs, and two chamfers or half grooves at the sides, together counting as a third glyph, and leaving three flat vertical bands on the face of the block.

Origin of triglyph

1
1555–65; <Latin triglyphus<Greek tríglyphos thrice-grooved, equivalent to tri-tri- + glyph() glyph + -os adj. suffix

Other words from triglyph

  • triglyphed, adjective
  • tri·glyph·ic, tri·glyph·i·cal, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for triglyph

triglyph

/ (ˈtraɪˌɡlɪf) /


noun
  1. architect a stone block in a Doric frieze, having three vertical channels

Origin of triglyph

1
C16: via Latin from Greek trigluphos three-grooved, from tri- tri- + gluphē carving. See glyph

Derived forms of triglyph

  • triglyphic, adjective

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