triglyph

[ trahy-glif ]

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.

triglyph

/ ˈtraɪˌɡlɪf /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• triˈglyphic, adjective

Other Words From

• triglyphed adjective
• tri·glyphic tri·glyphi·cal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of triglyph¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of triglyph¹

C16: via Latin from Greek trigluphos three-grooved, from tri- tri- + gluphē carving. See glyph

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

All, all within Proclaims that Nature had resumed her right, And taken to herself what man renounced; No cornice, triglyph, or worn abacus, But with thick ivy hung, or branching fern,25 Their iron-brown o'erspread with brightest verdure!

From Project Gutenberg

Triglyph, trī′glif, n. a three-grooved tablet at equal distances along the frieze in Doric architecture.—adjs.

From Project Gutenberg

Triglyph′ic, -al, consisting of, or pertaining to, triglyphs: containing three sets of characters or sculptures.

From Project Gutenberg

Tringle, tring′gl, n. a rod on which the rings of a curtain run: a small moulding of rectangular cross-section, in a Doric triglyph, &c.: a strip of wood at the edge of a gun-platform to turn the recoil of the truck.

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