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pedimented, a.|ˈpɛdɪməntɪd|
[f. as pedimental a. + -ed2.]
1. Having a pediment; formed with or made like a pediment.
1845Petrie Eccl. Archit. Irel. 248 The only example of a pedimented lintel, which I have met with in Ireland. 1866Athenæum No. 1999. 241/2 The pedimented windows. 1875J. C. Cox Churches of Derbysh. I. 245 Two female figures kneeling at desks..wear pedimented head-dresses. Ibid. 340 A plain incised cross with a pedimented base.
2. Geomorphol. Characterized by the presence of pediments (pediment1 1 b).
1949Geol. Mag. LXXXVI. 249 Pedimented landscapes consist essentially of hillslopes and of pediments. 1960B. W. Sparks Geomorphol. xi. 258 Landscapes resembling the pedimented areas of the arid south-western parts of the United States are found on an altogether larger scale in Africa. |