triglyph
/ˈtraɪɡlɪf/
noun
- A decorative block with three vertical grooves, used in ancient Greek and Roman architecture, especially on the frieze of a Doric temple.
- Architecture students studied the precise carving of the triglyph on the Doric column.
- The ancient temple's frieze was decorated with alternating triglyphs and metopes.
- The museum displayed a stone fragment from a Greek temple that included a triglyph.