antefix

7 letters in word "antefix": A E F I N T X.

No anagrams for antefix found in this word list.

Words found within antefix:

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• Definitions:
• Floral roofline ornaments fixed at regular intervals on the north and south sides of the Parthenon.
• The upright ornament on the peak of a gable or eave or at the ends of a roof. CR-48.
• An antefix is an ornament, often of terracotta, placed at the eaves or along the cornice of classical buildings to mask the end of each ridge of tiling ©2007 The Probert Encyclopaedia. Data used under license.
• an architectural ornament made of terracotta and used as part of a roofing system of pan and cover tiles. The antefix concealed the end of the cover tile as well as preventing water from backing up under the tile and rotting the timbers beneath.
• architectural ornament for concealing the ends of the roof tiles
• Ornament of terracotta placed in front elevation of a temple.
• carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles
• Ante-Fixae (from Lat. antefigere, "to fasten before") are the vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Greek, Roman or Etruscan temple. As spaced, they take the place of the cymatium and form a cresting along the sides of the temple. ...

• anteed ←
• antediluvians ←
• antediluvian ←
• antefix
• → antefixa
• → antefixae
• → antefixal