designslinger - Word of the Week: pediment
[pediment, Art Institute of Chicago (1893) Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, architects /Image & Artwork: designslinger]
pediment [PED-uh-muhnt] n. in classical architecture, the triangular gable end of the roof above the horizontal cornice,
[pediment (1893) Matthew Laflin Memorial Building/Chicago Academy of Sciences, Patton & Fisher, architects /Image & Artwork: designslinger]
surmounting or crowning a portico or another major division of a facade, end wall or colonnade.
[pediment (ca. 1905) Pinecrest, Sunnyside Avenue, Chicago /Image & Artwork: designslinger]
A gable above or over a door, window or hood; usually a horizontal cornice, often crowned with slanting sides forming a triangle.
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