Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Architecture The section of a pedestal between base and surbase.
- noun The lower portion of the wall of a room that is decorated differently from the upper section, as with panels.
- noun A rectangular groove cut into a board so that a like piece may be fitted into it.
- noun The groove so cut.
- transitive verb To furnish with a dado.
- transitive verb To cut a dado in.
- transitive verb To fit into a dado.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture: That part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice; the die.
- noun The finishing of the lower part of the walls in the interior of a house, made somewhat to represent the dado of a pedestal, and consisting frequently of a skirting of wood about 3 feet high. The dado is also sometimes represented by wallpaper, India matting, or some textile fabric, or by painting.
- To groove.
- To insert in a groove, as the end of a shelf into its upright.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See
Illust. ofcolumn . - noun In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under
base . - noun In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture The section of a
pedestal above thebase . - noun architecture The
lower portion of an interiorwall decorated differently from theupper portion. - noun carpentry The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
- verb transitive To
furnish with a dado. - verb transitive To
cut a dado.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cut a dado into or fit into a dado
- verb provide with a dado
- noun the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
- noun panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
- noun a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The ermine emblematically depicted in the dado is elsewhere suspended from the collar that Federico had received from the king of Naples; in each studiolo this collar dangles from a drawer or cabinet.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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This custom of decorating the walls of a building with triangles placed at intervals on the upper edge of a dado is a feature of cliff-house kivas, as shown in
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 Jesse Walter Fewkes 1890
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A coved ceiling sprang from the cornice, and both ceiling and walls were decorated with paintings, in distemper, of mythological subjects; the lower portion of the wall, however, having what is, I believe, termed a dado, ornamented with a diaper pattern, each square of which contained a conventional representation of a different flower.
Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Harry Collingwood 1886
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The floor was of plain cut but elegant tiles, and the dado was a more intricate pattern of the same in shades of blue, green, and yellow, interspersed with black, but relieved by an abundance of greeny white.
Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond Budgett Meakin 1886
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Later, the upper half, or two-thirds of the panelling, was left off, and only a low panelling, or "dado," remained.
The Art of Interior Decoration Grace Wood
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There are rich Persian rugs over the polished oak floor; a high oak chimney-piece, with blue tiles inserted into it in every direction, and decorated with old Nankin china bowls and jars; a wide grate below, where logs of wood are blazing between brass bars; quantities of spindle-legged Chippendale furniture all over the room, and a profusion of rich gold embroidery and "textile fabrics" of all descriptions lighting up the carved oak "dado" and the sombre sage green of the walls.
Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance H. Lovett Cameron
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Le deberian haber dado un escenario principal durante la noche, a donde pertenece!
Federico Aubele – La Esquina « Esl Videos « Videos « Literacy News 2010
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Ya se han dado a conocer los nombres de los ganadores del WAF, el World Architecture Festival, entre los que se encuentra el Pabellón de España para la Expo de Shangai 2010, obra de Benedetta Tagliabue
Ganadores del World Architecture Festival 2009 | [bauen] 2009
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Japan: Reactions to the Japanese tourist rip-off in Italy: parece que en Italia los turistas japoneses tienen fama de aceptar casi cualquier precio que se les pida, y esto ha dado lugar a una serie de problemas recientes.
Global Voices in English » Japan: Reactions to the Japanese tourist rip-off in Italy 2009
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En esta zona hay una gran cantidad de manantiales de aguas termales, consideradas como terapéuticas o curativas, lo que ha dado origen al establecimiento de balnearios como: Laguna Larga, San Alejo, Doña Celia, Campamento Turístico Los Azufres, Tejamaniles, Eréndira.
reesetee commented on the word dado
the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice
February 9, 2007
bilby commented on the word dado
"Magnificent historic federation home set on 45 productive acres in a private setting. The home has been restored to its former glory with baltic pine ceilings, dados and Tassie oak flooring."
- Emu Bay Realty, advertisement, cited 14 Feb 2009.
February 14, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word dado
"He holds his head back warily, defiantly, on his shoulders, so that the furnishings in this house won't get the better of him: the dado with its raised pattern of diamonds under thick brown paint, the polished wood of the hall stand, the yellow gleams of brass among the shadows—the face of the clock, a rack for letters, a little gong hanging in a frame with a suède-covered mallet balanced across two hooks, a tall pot to hold umbrellas."
"The Trojan Prince" by Tessa Hadley, in The New Yorker, November 15, 2010, page 77
November 16, 2010