acroter

English

Etymology

From French acrotère. Doublet of acroterium.

Noun

acroter (plural acroters)

  1. (architecture) An acroterium.
    • 2007, Galila El Kadi, ‎Alain Bonnamy, Architecture for the Dead : Cairo's Medieval Necropolis, page 191:
      It is a very elegant building, with four supporting Tuscan columns on pedestals, a cornice with a carved wooden valance, and an acroter with square pear-shaped balusters continuing round to the outer wall

References
  • acroter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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