Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture, in the Doric order, the junction of the capital and the shaft, marked by a bevel or cut around the lower edge of the capital block.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) Same as
gorgerin .
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- noun architecture A
gorgerin .
Etymologies
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Latin, from Ancient Greek under + neck.
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