triglyph

English

Etymology
PIE word
*tréyes

From Ancient Greek τρίγλυφος (trígluphos, “triglyph”).

Noun

triglyph (plural triglyphs)

Triglyph centred over the last column in the Roman Doric order of the Theater of Marcellus
  1. (architecture) A vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze.

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