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Synonyms for pediment
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ped-uh-muh nt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛd ə mənt |
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Définition of pediment
Origin :- triangular part of the facade of a Greek-style building, 1660s, alteration of periment, peremint (1590s), of unknown origin, "said to be a workmen's term" [OED]; probably a dialectal garbling of pyramid, the connection perhaps being the triangular shape. Sometimes associated with ped- "foot." Other possibilities include Latin pedamentum "vine-stalk, prop," and Italian pedamento, which at the time this word entered English meant "foundation, basework, footing." Meaning "base, foundation" is from 1726, by inflience of Latin pedem "foot."
- As in rest : noun base, foundation
- As in bottom : noun foundation
- As in undersurface : noun bottom
- Occasionally there were a cornice and pediment over the entrance.
- Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
- At centre, under the gallery, the entrance-door, with twisted posts and pediment.
- Extract from : « Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) » by Frank Wedekind
- Could he but gain the pediment in this wise, the rest of the descent would not be difficult.
- Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
- Above in the pediment are a Virgin and Child with kneeling angels.
- Extract from : « Portuguese Architecture » by Walter Crum Watson
- The main cornice is larger, but the pediment is perfectly plain.
- Extract from : « Portuguese Architecture » by Walter Crum Watson
- The shield in the centre of the pediment bears the arms of Dean Honywood.
- Extract from : « The Care of Books » by John Willis Clark
- Located within the pediment at both houses is an elliptical ventilator.
- Extract from : « Huntley » by Tony P. Wrenn
- The pediment of the Palais Biron is brilliant in the sunlight.
- Extract from : « Rodin: The Man and his Art » by Judith Cladel
- At the top of the pediment is a statue of St. Michael (16th century).
- Extract from : « Amiens Before and During the War » by Michelin & Cie
- The style of the pediment is after that of the Athenian Acropolis.
- Extract from : « Highways and Byways in London » by Mrs. E. T. Cook.
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