metope

American  

[met-uh-pee, -ohp] / ˈmɛt əˌpi, -oʊp /

noun

Architecture.

1. any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.

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metope British  

/ ˈmɛtəpɪ, ˈmɛtəʊp /

noun

1. architect a square space between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze

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Etymology

Origin of metope

First recorded in 1555–65, metope is from the Greek word metópē

Example Sentences

The left arm is concealed in the chlamys, which Theseus wears in this metope.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

In the first half of the 5th century the sacred marriage was represented on an extant metope from a temple at Selinus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

This metope is a cast from the one removed by Choiseul-Gouffier when French ambassador at the Porte, about the year 1787, and now in the Louvre.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

As the tragic poet fills the stage with the legend, so the sculptor fills the metope with the legend.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane

Cast of a metope, from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.