dado

In Classical architecture, the plain portion of the pedestal of a column, between the base and the cornice (or cap). In later architecture, a dado is a wall's paneled or decorated lower part, up to 2–3 ft (60–90 cm) above the floor and defined by a horizontal molding. Interior walls were so treated especially in the 16th–18th century. In carpentry, a dado is a rectangular groove cut across the grain of a wood member.

dado

1. the lower part of an interior wall that is decorated differently from the upper part

2. Architect the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice

dado [′dā·dō]

(architecture)

The lower portion of an interior wall set off by molding or other decoration.

The portion of a pedestal between surbase and base.

The portion of a wall basement between surbase and base course.

dado

dado, 3

1. The middle portion of a pedestal between the base (or the plinth) and the sur-base (or the cornice, cap, or entablement); also called die.

2. The middle part (sometimes all parts) of a protective, ornamental paneling applied to the lower walls of a room above the

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There was a high dado of white wood and a green paper on which were etchings by Whistler in neat black frames.

Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

The dissecting-room was a large apartment painted like the corridors, the upper part a rich salmon and the dado a dark terra-cotta.

Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

Like a dado round the room was the jutting line of splendid heavy game-heads, the best of their sort from every quarter of the world, with the rare white rhinoceros of the Lado Enclave drooping its supercilious lip above them all.

The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

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