— triglyphed , adj. — triglyphic, triglyphical , adj.
/truy"glif'/ , n. Archit.
a structural member of a Doric frieze, separating two consecutive metopes, and consisting typically of a rectangular block with two vertical grooves or glyphs, and two chamfers or half grooves at the sides, together counting as a third glyph, and leaving three flat vertical bands on the face of the block. See diag. under column .
[ 1555-65; triglyphus tríglyphos thrice-grooved, equiv. to tri- TRI- + glyph ( é ) GLYPH + -os adj. suffix ]