DENTIL


Meaning of DENTIL in English

— dentiled , adj.

/den"tl, -til/ , n. Archit.

any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used esp. in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.

[ 1655-65; dentille (obs.), fem. dim. of dent TOOTH ]

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