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.

---

metope British  

/ ˈmɛtəpɪ, ˈmɛtəʊp /

noun

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

---

Etymology

Origin of metope

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

metope

For 142 dramatic power in the conception and truth in the modelling of the forms, this metope is unrivalled.

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

Mutule, mūt′ūl, n. a kind of square, flat bracket used in the Doric order of architecture, above each triglyph and each metope, having round projections like nail-heads on the lower surface.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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 A. H. Smith

This metope seems in the same state as when drawn by Carrey.

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

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