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Relieving triangle
Also called relieving triangles
A triangular opening left above a lintel by corbelling the courses on either side, so that the weight of the wall passes down to the jambs instead of bearing on the middle of the lintel. At Mycenae it was screened by a thin slab; at the Lion Gate, by the lion relief.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Post and Lintel, The Ancient World.
A feature of Aegean Bronze Age architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Redented · Regula · Regulating lines · Reinforced concrete · Respond · Ressaut · Rib · Rib vault