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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pediment  \Ped"i*ment\,  n.  [L.  pes,  pedis,  a  foot.  See  {Foot}.] 
  (Arch.) 
  Originally,  in  classical  architecture,  the  triangular  space 
  forming  the  gable  of  a  simple  roof;  hence  a  similar  form 
  used  as  a  decoration  over  porticoes,  doors,  windows,  etc.; 
  also  a  rounded  or  broken  frontal  having  a  similar  position 
  and  use  See  {Temple}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pediment 
  n  :  a  triangular  gable  between  a  horizontal  entablature  and  a 
  sloping  roof 




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