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fron·ton F0339800 (frŏn′tŏn′, frōn-tōn′)n. An arena for jai alai. [Spanish frontón, wall, fronton, augmentative of frente, forehead, face, from Old Spanish fruente, from Latin frōns, front-.]fronton (ˈfrɒntɒn; frɒnˈtɒn) n (Individual Sports, other than specified) a wall against which pelota or jai alai is played[C17: from Spanish frontón, from frente forehead, from Latin frōns]fron•ton (ˈfrɒn tɒn) n. 1. a building in which jai alai is played. 2. jai alai. [1895–1900; < Sp frontón, irreg. augmentative of frente forehead, front] Translationsfronton
pediment pedimented dormer pediment 1. In Classical architecture, a triangular gable usually having a horizontal cornice, with raked cornices on each side, surmounting or crowning a portico or another major division of a façade, end wall, or colonnade. 2. A gable above or over a door, window, or hood; usually has a horizontal cornice, crowned with curved sides, or may also be crowned with another configuration (such as broken sides) or its base may be broken in the middle. For definitions and illustrations of specific types, See angular pediment, broken pediment, broken-scroll pediment, center-gabled pediment, curved pediment, open pediment, pointed pediment, round pediment, scroll pediment, segmental pediment, split pediment, swan’s-neck pediment, triangular pediment.ThesaurusSeepediment |