Dado

['deɪdəʊ] or ['dedo]

Definition

(noun.) a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it.

(noun.) the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase.

(verb.) cut a dado into or fit into a dado.

(verb.) provide with a dado; 'The owners wanted to dado their dining room'.

Inputed by Alan--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.

(n.) In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.

(n.) In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.

Typist: Lottie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Die, cube of a pedestal.

Checked by Felicia

Definition

n. in classical architecture the cubic block forming the body of a pedestal: a skirting of wood along the lower part of the walls of a room often represented merely by wall-paper painting &c.

Edited by Hugh