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ped·i·ment    Audio Help   [ped-uh-muhnt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.(in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall, or a major division of a façade.
2.any imitation of this, often fancifully treated, used to crown an opening, a monument, etc., or to form part of a decorative scheme.
3.Geology. a gently sloping rock surface at the foot of a steep slope, as of a mountain, usually thinly covered with alluvium.
[Origin: 1655–65; earlier pedament, pedement, alter., by assoc. with L pés (s. ped-) foot, of earlier peremint, perh. an unlearned alter. of pyramid; (def. 3) by construal as pedi- + -ment]

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ped·i·men·tal    Audio Help   [ped-uh-men-tl] Pronunciation Key, adjective
ped·i·ment·ed    Audio Help   [ped-uh-men-tid, -muhn-] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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pediment, in architecture, the triangular gable end on a building of classic type or a similar form used decoratively. It consists of the tympanum, or triangular wall surface, enclosed below by the horizontal cornice and above by the raking cornice, which follows the slope of the roof. In Greek architecture the pediment usually contained sculpture when used with the Doric order. In the Roman and Renaissance styles it was used also as a purely decorative motif, chiefly over doors and windows; the upper profile of the pediment was sometimes of segmental shape. In later Renaissance and baroque design the pediment often took on fantastic shapes, notably in the variants of the broken pediment, in which the two sides of the raking cornice do not join. The scrolled broken pediment was a favorite in American Colonial work, especially in doorways and over mantels. 
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