metope

Any of the spaces between two triglyphs on a Doric frieze.

In architecture, a slab inserted between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, sometimes, especially in late work, cut in the same block with one triglyph or more.

In zoology, same as facies. Huxley.

The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of entablature.

The face of a crab.

The architectural element between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze.