tri·glyph (tr  gl f )adj. Architecture An ornament in a Doric frieze, consisting of a projecting block having on its face two parallel vertical glyphs or grooves and two half grooves or chamfers on either vertical end, that separates the metopes. [Latin tr glyphus, from Greek trigluphos : tri-, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + gluph , carving; see glyph.]tri·glyph ic adj. |   entablature of a Doric order building A. triglyph B. metope |
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