Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pediment"
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) 1.7 (wn)
pediment
n : a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a
sloping roof
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