displuviate
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of displuviate
< Latin displuviātus, equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + pluvi ( a ) rain + -ātus -ate 1
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There are five different styles of cavaedium, termed according to their construction as follows: Tuscan, Corinthian, tetrastyle, displuviate, and testudinate.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
In the displuviate, there are beams which slope outwards, supporting the roof and throwing the rainwater off.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
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