[trahy-glif] 
| 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. |
tri·glyph (trī'glĭf')  (click for larger image in new window) adj. 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. [Latin trīglyphus, from Greek trigluphos : tri-, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + gluphē, carving; see glyph.] tri·glyph'ic adj. |
