"triglyph" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: triglyphs [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Ancient Greek τρίγλυφος (trígluphos, “triglyph”). Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|tréyes}} PIE word *tréyes, {{der|en|grc|τρίγλυφος||triglyph}} Ancient Greek τρίγλυφος (trígluphos, “triglyph”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} triglyph (plural triglyphs)
  1. (architecture) A vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze. Wikipedia link: triglyph Categories (topical): Architecture Translations (vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze): Triglyphe [feminine] (German), Triglyph [masculine] (German), Dreischlitzplatte [feminine] (German)

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