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What is a pediment?

What is a pediment? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (architecture) A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton.
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The cabinet on offer contains a moulded swan-neck pediment carved with flower heads, between which is a rather impressive carved eagle crest.
The frieze in the pediment on the outside of the building is depicted below.
I believe that things like the pediment of the Parthenon were also generated from lifecasts.
The ocean, also rather achromatic, kissed the foundation of the towering building, spraying up to the pediment.
The twelve-panel front door is surmounted with a transom window and framed by fluted pilasters supporting an open pediment.
It has Tuscan columns, a frieze with triglyphs, metopes, guttae and mutules, and is surmounted by a triangular pediment.

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