Tæ´nia (Gr. ribbon). The continuous fillet which crowns the epistyle, representative of the wall-plate of the original timbered Doric construction.
Ta´lus (Lat. ankle). The slope or angle of inclination of the sides of a wall.
Taraxip´pos (Gr. adj. frightening the horses). An altar upon the turning-point of the Greek race-course.
Tel´amon (Gr. bearer). In architectural usage of the same significance as Atlas, which see above.
Tem´enos (Gr.; from τέμνω, to cut, to draw a line). A piece of land marked off from common usages and dedicated to a deity. The sacred enclosure around the temple.
Tetrasty´los, adj. tet´rastyle (from Gr. τέτρα, four, and στῦλος, column). A building, particularly a temple, upon the front of which are four columns.
Thal´amos (Gr.). Term applied by Homer to inner rooms or chambers, especially those of women. In the usage of Xenophon a store-room.
Tho´los (Gr.). A chamber of circular plan, generally subterranean, approaching in interior form that of a pointed vault.
Tore (Lat. torus, swelling, protuberance). A large roundel moulding.
Trac´ery. A patterning of thin bars, usually of stone, in a window or other opening.