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

Thus, in the Doric temple, the triglyph and cornice are unimitative; or imitative only of artificial cuttings of wood.

From The Seven Lamps of Architecture by Ruskin, John

The width of the triglyph should be divided into six parts, and five of these marked off in the middle by means of the rule, and two half parts at the right and left.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

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)

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