MODILLION


Meaning of MODILLION in English

/moh dil"yeuhn, meuh-/ , n. Archit.

an ornamental cantilever beneath the corona or similar member of a cornice, stringcourse, etc.

[ 1555-65; modiglione mutilionem, var. of * mutulionem, acc. of * mutulio. See MUTULE, -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .