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Pediment
pediment
(pediments) A pediment is a large triangular structure built over a door or window as a decoration. N-COUNT
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noun Etymology: alteration of obsolete English periment, probably alteration of English pyramid Date: 1664 1. a triangular space that forms the gable of a low-pitched roof and that is usually filled with relief sculpture in classical architecture; also a similar form used as a decoration 2. a broad gently sloping bedrock surface with low relief that is situated at the base of a steeper slope and is usually thinly covered with alluvial gravel and sand • ~al adjective • ~ed adjective PEDIMENTAL adjective see pediment ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. архит. фронтон, щипец, сандрик 2. редк. основание, подножие; цоколь 3. тротуар, мостовая 4. геол. скалистая предгорная равнина ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n a three-sided piece of stone or other material placed above the entrance to a building, especially in the buildings of ancient Greece ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
8.
- 1664, alteration of periment, peremint (1592), apparently a dial. garbling of pyramid, the connection perhaps being the triangular shape. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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