Triglyph Definition

trīglĭf
adjective
An ornament in a Doric frieze, consisting of a projecting block having on its face two parallel vertical glyphs or grooves and two half grooves or chamfers on either vertical end, that separates the metopes.
American Heritage
noun
In a Doric frieze, a slightly projecting, rectangular block occurring at regular intervals and having two vertical grooves (glyphs) and two chamfers or half grooves at the sides.
Webster's New World

(architecture) A term for the vertically channeled tablets of the Doric frieze.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Triglyph

Noun

Singular:
triglyph
Plural:
triglyphs

Origin of Triglyph

  • Latin trīglyphus from Greek trigluphos tri- three trei- in Indo-European roots gluphē carving glyph

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • tri- +"Ž glyph

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

TTRTRI

Words Ending With

HPHYPH

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