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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In architecture, the figure of a rope or staff, plain or carved, with which the flutings of columns are sometimes filled. Also called cabling.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Arch.) Cabling. See cabling.

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  • noun architecture cabling

Etymologies

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French, from Latin rudens ("rope").

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  • Frayed bits of dental-floss lodged inextricably between the teeth.

    February 12, 2013