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Definition of: pediment
(ped′ə·mənt) noun Archit.
1. A broad triangular part above a portico or door.
2. Any similar piece with a long base surmounting a door, screen, bookcase, etc. [Earlier periment, prob. alter. of PYRAMID; infl. in form by pes, pedis a foot]
—ped′i·men′tal (-men′təl) adjective
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