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Pediment
- classical form of corniced
gable or gablet
used at openings as well as a termination
to roof structures.
Usually triangular, occasionally semi-circular, can be open ie when the sloping sides stop short of the apex, or
broken, when the base, for whatever reason, is incomplete. The apex stone is the topmost stone