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An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is al…

Consisting of, or pertaining to, triglyphs.

A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced.

A projecting face like the triglyph, but having only two channels or grooves sunk in it.

ween the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.

A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph.

eries of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop. Gutta serena Etym: [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.), amaurosis. -- Guttæ band (Arch.), the listel or band from whi…

The half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.

The plain surface between the channels of a triglyph. [Written also merus.] Weale.

The space between two triglyphs.

The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature.

The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph. Gwilt.