acrotern.

Brit.

/əˈkrəʊtə/, U.S.

/əˈkroʊdər/

Forms: 1700s– acroter, 1600s– acrotere.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French acrotère.

Etymology: < French acrotère (1545 in Middle French; now also acrotérium ) < classical Latin acrōtērium acroterion n. Compare earlier acroterion n.

1. Architecture.

a. = acroterion n. 1a. Also in extended use. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > ornaments on pediments or cornices > pedestal of

acroter1692

1692 tr. C. Perrault Abridgm. Archit. Vitruvius i. iv. 92 The Acroteres are three Pedestals, which are upon the Corner and Middle of the Piedement to support Statues.

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 2 Acroteres. Are Pedestals upon the corners and middle of a Pediment to support Statues; they may properly be called Pinacles.

1708 E. Hatton New View London I. 95/2 Over each Column, upon Acroters, is a Lamp.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Acroteria, or Acroters, in Architecture, little Pedestals, usually without Bases, placed at the Middle, and at the two Extremes of Frontispieces.

1807 D. Hughson London IV. 88 Four lamps..at each end of the pediment, placed on acroters.

1888 I. F. Hapgood tr. V. Hugo Wks. Victor Hugo V. 134 On the acroters, trophies and morions with plumes of stone alternated with statues of the gods.

1907 F. C. de Sumichrast tr. T. Gautier Wks. XIV. 203 I saw the shops..with smiling figures on the acroters.

1968 Burlington Mag. June 355/1 His chairs, with..the reversed acroters which surmount each vertical back-rail.

b. = acroterion n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > ornaments on pediments or cornices

crotchetc1394

crocket1677

vessel1704

vase1706

blocking-course1761

acroter1829

crocketing1851

1829 J. Britton Mod. Athens 35 Statues of Shakespeare..placed as acroters to the roof-pediment.

1919 O. H. Sample Monument Dealer's Man. 7 Acroter..—The ornamental finish to the apex of a gable.

2002 T. Dansilp & M. Freeman Things Thai 92 The Khmers preferred their nagas with multiple heads, and they used them..as acroters on the corners of their redented towers.

2002 Guardian 20 May ii. 14/2 Now, from the moment visitors pass through the new entrance portico, with the decorative copper acroter adorning the peak of its pediment like a feather in a hat the Queen might wear at Ascot, they are immersed in a hermetic world.

2. = acroterion n. 3. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > [noun]

extremitiesa1475

acroter1704

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Acroteria or Acroters, signifie in Architecture those sharp Pinacles and spiry Battlements, which stand in Ranges about flat Buildings, with Rails and Balasters.

1824 A. Nesbit Treat. Pract. Mensuration (ed. 3) 396 Acroters. Sharp and spiry battlements or pinnacles, that stand in ranges, with rails and balusters, upon flat buildings.

1841 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. Jan. 51 The continuous acroter which crowned the façade was divided into compartments.

2007 G. El Kadi & A. Bonnamy Archit. for Dead 191 It is a very elegant building, with..an acroter with square pear-shaped balusters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acroter
释义	acrotern. Brit. /əˈkrəʊtə/, U.S. /əˈkroʊdər/ Forms: 1700s– acroter, 1600s– acrotere. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French acrotère. Etymology: < French acrotère (1545 in Middle French; now also acrotérium ) < classical Latin acrōtērium acroterion n. Compare earlier acroterion n. 1. Architecture. a. = acroterion n. 1a. Also in extended use. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > ornaments on pediments or cornices > pedestal of acroter1692 1692 tr. C. Perrault Abridgm. Archit. Vitruvius i. iv. 92 The Acroteres are three Pedestals, which are upon the Corner and Middle of the Piedement to support Statues. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 2 Acroteres. Are Pedestals upon the corners and middle of a Pediment to support Statues; they may properly be called Pinacles. 1708 E. Hatton New View London I. 95/2 Over each Column, upon Acroters, is a Lamp. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Acroteria, or Acroters, in Architecture, little Pedestals, usually without Bases, placed at the Middle, and at the two Extremes of Frontispieces. 1807 D. Hughson London IV. 88 Four lamps..at each end of the pediment, placed on acroters. 1888 I. F. Hapgood tr. V. Hugo Wks. Victor Hugo V. 134 On the acroters, trophies and morions with plumes of stone alternated with statues of the gods. 1907 F. C. de Sumichrast tr. T. Gautier Wks. XIV. 203 I saw the shops..with smiling figures on the acroters. 1968 Burlington Mag. June 355/1 His chairs, with..the reversed acroters which surmount each vertical back-rail. b. = acroterion n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > ornaments on pediments or cornices crotchetc1394 crocket1677 vessel1704 vase1706 blocking-course1761 acroter1829 crocketing1851 1829 J. Britton Mod. Athens 35 Statues of Shakespeare..placed as acroters to the roof-pediment. 1919 O. H. Sample Monument Dealer's Man. 7 Acroter..—The ornamental finish to the apex of a gable. 2002 T. Dansilp & M. Freeman Things Thai 92 The Khmers preferred their nagas with multiple heads, and they used them..as acroters on the corners of their redented towers. 2002 Guardian 20 May ii. 14/2 Now, from the moment visitors pass through the new entrance portico, with the decorative copper acroter adorning the peak of its pediment like a feather in a hat the Queen might wear at Ascot, they are immersed in a hermetic world. 2. = acroterion n. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > [noun] extremitiesa1475 acroter1704 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Acroteria or Acroters, signifie in Architecture those sharp Pinacles and spiry Battlements, which stand in Ranges about flat Buildings, with Rails and Balasters. 1824 A. Nesbit Treat. Pract. Mensuration (ed. 3) 396 Acroters. Sharp and spiry battlements or pinnacles, that stand in ranges, with rails and balusters, upon flat buildings. 1841 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. Jan. 51 The continuous acroter which crowned the façade was divided into compartments. 2007 G. El Kadi & A. Bonnamy Archit. for Dead 191 It is a very elegant building, with..an acroter with square pear-shaped balusters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1692
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