dado

150 pxAn architectural dado in the w:Taj MahalTaj Mahal.

Meanings

Noun

  • The section of a pedestal above the base.
  • The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
  • The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.

Verb

Origin

  • From Italian dado, first attested in 1664.

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