triglyph

American  

[trahy-glif] / ˈtraɪˌglɪf /

noun

Architecture.

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.

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triglyph British  

/ ˈtraɪˌɡlɪf /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• triglyphed adjective
• triglyphic adjective
• triglyphical adjective

Etymology

Origin of triglyph

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

Example Sentences

The Grade II listed Doric hexastyle portico is topped by a triglyph frieze and a pediment.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2019

The position of the anta at the eastern end of the lesser colonnade is also fixed by the requirement that it stand directly beneath a triglyph.

From Problems in Periclean Buildings by Elderkin, G. W. (George Wicker)

Hence the metopes next to the corner columns do not come out perfectly square, but are too broad by half the width of a triglyph.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

And all round the outside of the ship ran atlases six cubits high, which supported the weight which was placed above them, and the triglyph, all being placed at convenient distances from one another.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

They told him, never did such an absurdity occur in classic architecture as a triglyph on a corner!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various