dado

American  

[dey-doh] / ˈdeɪ doʊ /

noun

dadoes, plural dados plural

1. Also called die.  Architecture. the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice or cap.

2. the lower broad part of an interior wall finished in wallpaper, a fabric, paint, etc.

3. Carpentry. a groove or rectangular section for receiving the end of a board.

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verb (used with object)

1. to provide with a dado.

verb phrase

1. dado in to insert (a board or the like) into a dado.

dado British  

/ ˈdeɪdəʊ /

noun

1. the lower part of an interior wall that is decorated differently from the upper part

2. architect the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice

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verb

1. (tr) to provide with a dado

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dadoes
  plural
• dados
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dado

1655–65; < Italian: die, cube, pedestal, perhaps < Arabic dad game

Example Sentences

Mr MacKellor added: "We weren't expecting to find much, but we did find quite a lot of stone flagged floors, timber dado panelling and working window shutters."

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2021

Kirstie Allsopp would doubtless get all prissy about the lack of dado rails, but I find it impossible not to warm to a place like that.

From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2010

I see new words that sound cool like dado and kerf and tenon and mortise.

From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine

Beyond the hazy dado Against the lower skies, And yon blue line of ranges, The homestead station lies.

From The Coo-ee Reciter by Various

The dado of Weejubs stood out as though freshly restored.

From Out of the Air by Gillmore, Inez Haynes