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Carpenters' grooves
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dadoes
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dado \Da"do\, n.; pl. Dadoes . [It. dado die, cube, pedestal; of the same origin as E. die, n. See Die , n.] (Arch.) That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column . Hence: In any wall, that ...
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n. panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest [syn: wainscot ] the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it [also: ...
Usage examples of dadoes.
But it boasted green marble dadoes, Corinthian columns of cast iron painted gold, and garlands of gilded fruit on the walls.
Others were of living creatures, together with finely detailed depictions of joints and corner-pieces, dadoes, architraves, mitres and other examples of the woodworker's art.