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Webster 1913 Edition


Acroter

Ac′ro-ter

(ăkˊrō̍-tẽr or ȧ-krō-tẽr)
,
Noun.
[F.
acrotère
. See
Acroterium
.]
(Arch.)
Same as
Acroterium
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Acroter

AC'ROTER

,
Noun.
[Gr. a summit.]
In architecture, a small pedestal, usually with out a base, anciently placed at the two extremes, or in the middle of pediments or frontispieces, serving to support the statues, &c. It also signifies the figures placed as ornaments on the tops of churches, and the sharp pinnacles that stand in ranges about flat buildings with rails and balusters. Anciently the word signified the extremities of the body, as the head, hands, and feet.

Definition 2024


acroter

acroter

English

Noun

acroter (plural acroters)

  1. (architecture) An acroterium.