architectural ornament

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architectural ornament - (architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance antefix - carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles crocket - an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable decoration, ornament, ornamentation - something used to beautify dogtooth - a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England foliage, foliation - (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern, fret - an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls" frieze - an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice guilloche - an architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands trefoil - an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"