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The section of a pedestal above the base.
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The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
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The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
Examples of dados in a Sentence
The architect was Mnesicles; the material Pentelic marble, with Eleusinian blackstone for dados and other details.
Dados of relief-sculpture run round the inner walls; this feature seems to have been common to Hittite buildings of a sumptuous kind, and accounts for most of the sculptured blocks that have been found, e.g.
Within the houses the ceilings are often exquisitely carved and painted in Mauresque designs, such as are found in the Alhambra, and the tile-work for which Tetuan is known may be seen on floors, pillars and dados.
All lavatories, bath rooms, and water closets have dados of glazed brickwork.
Go through the main entrance to have a look at the entrance hall with its glazed tile dados.
Check your plan for dados, dovetails and tenons to be sure that the plans have the joint support that you'll need to support the computer.