pediment.

A triangular architectural feature above a classical frontage, doorway, or window; variants may be curved or broken.

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• triangular pediment
• broken pediment
• sculpted pediment

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A carved sun filled the pediment over the doorway.

Pigeons nested behind the broken pediment of the old bank.

The architect gave the modest house a pediment much grander than its door.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Typically classical ornament or a low gable; do not call every pointed roof a pediment. Count noun: pediments.