You may see homes and buildings with a pediment, from the rural architecture of the Midwestern U.S. to African huts to Italian in-town homes — and even Argentine ranches.

The pediment, however, is not limited to a pure triangular profile. Variations to the rigid lines include replacing the angular rake with arched, scrolled or segmental shapes.

There’s no “Pediment” under “P” in the phone book. There’s no phone book. I searched online and found that you can buy the various components that make up the pediment.

Her pediment peeve: Remodeled porches with pediments that don’t echo anything on the main shape of the house, or that don’t match its other architectural details.

A crane lifted the large piece of sculpture and placed it within the empty pediment of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, high above Tremont Street, on a recent sunny morning. A four-man crew fixed ...

Bricknell, Brian R., "William John Coffee 1773-ca. 1846: His Life and Work Reviewed," England, Grantham: Derby Porcelain International Society, 1998, pg. 86. Summary This model for the pediment relief ...

The pediment from the Temple of Sulis Minerva at Bath is one of the best-known objects from Roman Britain. It originally looked down on people entering the temple precinct from a height of 12 metres.