AATBBa three-sided part above the entrance to a building, especially on the buildings of ancient Greece 〔尤指古希腊建筑门顶上的〕三角顶饰[楣饰]
Examples from the Corpus
pediment• This was a large mock-classical brick building, with columns and pediments.• William Springett also built a coach-house for two carriages and looseboxes under a crowningpediment.• It forms a perfectsquare, with five bays on every side with the huge segmental pediments above.• The temple itself had a large classical cella, with a solid columned portico which served as the pediment.• The statues on the pediment are by J. Brokof.• On the pediment of the main entrance, the gold hands of the blue-painted clock moved towards the hour.• The remains of these figuresresemble the present westpediment in style.• The west pediment, a Gigantomachy, was in limestone, but the east front was finished in marble.
Originpediment
(1600-1700)periment“pediment”((16-17 centuries)), perhaps from pyramid