DADO

Dado

In architectural terminology, the dado is the lower part of a wall, below the dado rail and above the skirting board. The word is borrowed from Italian meaning "die" or plinth.

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dado

Noun

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

Verb

  1. To furnish with a dado.
  2. To cut a dado.


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