METOPE, noun met'opy. [Gr. with, near or by, and an aperture or hollow.] In architecture, the space between the triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which among the ancients used to be painted or adorned with carved work.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.