dado

Etymology

From Italian dado, first attested in 1664.

noun

  1. (architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base.
  2. (architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
  3. (carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.

verb

  1. (transitive, architecture) To furnish with a dado.
  2. (transitive, carpentry) To cut a dado.

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