Dictionary definition: pediment

Article: The language of Metis folk houses: a distinctive people, a ...
The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Their exteriors are decidedly Georgian, with medium-pitched gable roofs and central doors with perfectly balanced window placements ... one-and-a-half to two storeys high with a medium-pitched gable roof. Other defining characteristics include an open interior ...

Article: Historic homes to be restored
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin;  April 24, 2005 ;     665 words ... ... the soil, stones and straw on his land. It took him four years to build its walls, its petrified wood fireplace, the pitched-gable roof covered with wood shingles and the French windows. "It reminds (me) of the early times when life was simple ...

Article: MARQUETTE BUNGALOWS ON DISPLAY.(DAYBREAK)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  June 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... in the Marquette Bungalow Historic District on the near east side. Characteristics of the Craftsman style include low-pitched gable roofs with exposed rafters, front porches and exterior finishes of shingles, clapboard or stucco. Interior details may ...

Article: The [pounds sterling]1.3m garden ... with a beautiful cottage ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  April 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... has just fallen off the page of a child's book of fairy tales. The 19th Century house is pure confection, with high-pitched gable ends and scallop-edged barge boards that have been painted white to match the colour of the intricate window frames. In ...

Article: House plans you can buy: to order a plan for this house, or ...
Country Living;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...house plans THE NEW BAVARIA Steeply pitched gable roofs, ornate gingerbread trim, and vertical board-and-batten siding adorn R.L. Henry's Gothic Revival design. French ...

Article: Crossing bats: Baseball in the villages of the upper Miami ...
Nine;  March 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... of consanguinity obtained among them. Simple frame and brick houses abounded in the villages, their uniformity of low, pitched, gable-ended roofs reflecting egalitarianism. Gradations of wealth among the villagers were not great. (6) Celebratory days ...

Article: tympanum
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      370 words ...tympanum . In architecture, the triangular space of a pediment , or low-pitched gable, above a portico, door, or window. Its boundaries are generally cornice moldings. The term also designates the solid wall ...