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Definition of Triglyph
1. n. An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. of Entablature.
Definition of Triglyph
1. Noun. (architecture) A term for the vertically channeled tablets of the Doric frieze. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Triglyph
1. an architectural ornament [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Triglyph
Literary usage of Triglyph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"The triglyph frieze consists mostly ofsingle triglyphs, forty-one examples, and
single metopes, forty-six examples, but eleven attached triglyph-metopes ..."
2. Civil Architecture: Or, A Complete Theoretical and Practical System of Building by Edward Shaw (1836)
"If from the top of the architrave, project a fillet, whose upper edge is in the
same plane with ihe top of the architrave, or the lower end of the triglyph, ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The triglyph is supposed by some to be emblematical of the use of the ... the most
elevated parts of all these should project little beyond the triglyph. ..."
4. The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Topography and Architectureby Nancy Bookidis by Nancy Bookidis (1997)
"5, triglyph times. Its proportions, moreover, agree with those of the South Stoa
in Corinth. 58 below may derive from the top of one such ..."
5. Corinth: The Centenary, 1896-1996 by Charles K. Williams, Nancy Bookidis (2003)
"That the extant metopes of the 6th-century BC triglyph Altar at ... The triglyph
block from the area of the Theater is illustrated here in Fig. ..."
6. An universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"... upon every triglyph under the Plat-band of the Architrave, trom whence hang down
... triglyph ..."
7. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1888)
"... triglyph, metope, and cornice —all were arranged exactly as in the old temple,
so as not only to serve as ornament, but to remind the Athenians for all ..."
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