1 Temple sat on the pediment of a pillar, leaning back, his cap pulled down on his sleepy eyes.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 5 2 Likewise, the architect's best efforts had failed to cause the pediment to stand in the centre of the building, since the proprietor had had one of its four original columns removed.
3 One broken baluster is placed on the pediment like a fractured leg.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT 4 The front part of the temple had long ago been overgrown with thick bushes; only the pediments of the columns could be seen above the dense green.