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(architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice
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modillion
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Wiktionary
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n. (context architecture English) A decoratively carved supporting block atop a column.
Wikipedia
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A modillion is an ornate bracket, a corbel , underneath a cornice and supporting it, more elaborate than dentils (literally translated as small teeth). All of these words are commonly used as verbs in a historic tense to describe neatly any particular structure, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Modillion \Mo*dil"lion\, n. [F. modillon, It. modiglione. Cf. Module , n.] (Arch.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other ...
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n. (architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice