<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>(In classical architecture) A low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall, or a major division of a façade.</li><li>Any imitation of this, often fancifully treated, used to crown an opening, a monument, etc., or to form part of a decorative scheme.</li><li>(Geology) A gently sloping rock surface at the foot of a steep slope, as of a mountain, usually thinly covered with alluvium.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>