Architecture. In first quot. rendering Latin regula ‘the shank of a Doric triglyph’ (Lewis and Short). In second quot. apparently = fillet, n.1 Obs…

Architecture. Any of the flat, vertical, projecting faces between each pair of glyphs of a Doric triglyph. Cf. stria, n. 1 shank, n. 4c.

Architecture. = drop, n. 10b.

A square area between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze.

Any of a series of projecting brackets placed on the underside of the corona of the cornice in the Corinthian, Composite, and (less commonly) the…

Any of a series of projecting decorative brackets placed on the underside of the corona of the cornice in the Doric order. Chiefly in plural. Also…

In Doric architecture: a short narrow fillet or band situated below the taenia (taenia, n. 2) and aligned with the triglyph, frequently having a…

A narrow band or listel under the lower taenia of the Doric entablature; the guttae band.

Architecture. In the Doric order, A band separating the architrave from the frieze. (So in Vitruvius.)

A member or ornament in the Doric order, consisting of a block or tablet with three vertical grooves or glyphs (strictly, two whole grooves, and a…

A square area between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze.

A square area between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze.

An ornament consisting of a projecting face or tablet with two vertical grooves or channels. (Cf. triglyph, n.)

Architecture. A groove or channel, usually vertical, used as an ornament, esp. in the Doric frieze. Cf. triglyph, n.

transferred. Architecture. plural. The plane spaces between the grooves of the Doric triglyph.