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pediments (<wall components by location or context>, wall components, ... Components (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Triangular gable walls above the horizontal cornice of a classically treated building; also, triangular or roughly triangular elements, sometimes curved, or broken at the center, surmounting porticoes or openings. Common also on furniture, including as bonnet tops. |
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pediments (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,PN)
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pediment (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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frontons (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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fronton (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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fronton (French-P,AD,U,MSN)
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frontones (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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frontón (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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frontispicio (C,U,Spanish,UF,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.PJ |
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Dutch ..... Bekroning van een gevel, venster of ingang naar klassieke trant door een driehoekig segmentvormig lichaam. Tevens driehoekige of ruwweg driehoekige onderdelen, die soms ook gebogen of in het midden onderbroken kunnen zijn, en die portieken of openingen overdekken. Eveneens algemeen toegepast bij meubels, waaronder als 'bonnet tops'. |
Spanish ..... Triangular gable walls above the horizontal cornice of a classically treated building; also, triangular or roughly triangular elements, sometimes curved, or broken at the center, surmounting porticoes or openings. Common also on furniture, including as bonnet tops.
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Related concepts: |
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meaning/usage overlaps with .... |
neck gables |
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(gables (architectural elements), <gables and gable components>, ... Components (hierarchy name)) [300417358] |
meaning/usage overlaps with .... |
triangular gables |
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(gables (architectural elements), <gables and gable components>, ... Components (hierarchy name)) [300417357] |
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