SWAN'S NECK PEDIMENT


Meaning of SWAN'S NECK PEDIMENT in English

Archit., Furniture.

a broken pediment, the outline of which consists of a pair of S-curves tangent to the cornice level at the ends of the pediment, rising to a pair of scrolls on either side of the center, where a finial often rises between the scrolls.

Also, swan neck pediment .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .