broken pediment

noun

, Architecture.

1. a pediment, as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex.

Example Sentences

A low walk and pillared gateway, over whose broken pediment the willow bends mournfully, mark this place of tombs.

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Fig. 14 is surmounted by a boldly carved figure of an eagle enclosed by the broken pediment.

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In Fig. 18 the broken pediment appears in a more strictly architectural form.

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