dadoes

Where there are a number of dadoes to be cut of the same depth, it is wise not to finish them one at a time, but to carry on the cutting of all together, lowering the cutter after each round.

Handwork in Wood William Noyes

But very few of them have any noticeable quantity behind their dadoes.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917 Various

The _router-plane_, Figs. 121 and 122, is used to lower a certain part of a surface and yet keep it parallel with the surrounding part, and it is particularly useful in cutting panels, dadoes, and grooves.

Handwork in Wood William Noyes

In this way all the dadoes will be finished at exactly the same depth.

Handwork in Wood William Noyes

In these rooms there should be panels above the dadoes, worked in black, and polished, with yellow ochre or vermilion blocks interposed between them.

The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio

After fitting these, lay out and cut the dadoes for the back of the drawer.

Handwork in Wood William Noyes

But it boasted green marble dadoes, Corinthian columns of cast iron painted gold, and garlands of gilded fruit on the walls; the pineapples particularly, thought Guy Francon, had stood the test of years very well.

The Fountainhead Rand, Ayn 1943

They are whitewashed, and frescoed with vivid dadoes.

Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910

We admire the odd-shaped, hand-made jars, quaint pots of iron and brass, bizarre needlework, and vari-coloured dadoes.

Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910

The interiors of the houses are plastered and whitewashed, and decorated with dadoes of brown and yellow.

Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910