dadoes
- plural of dado.
Example Sentences
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Dipping into them revives odd memories — lambrequins and dadoes — gilded rolling-pins, dudes, croquet, the high-wheel bicycle, the game of Boston — a departed age.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both are desirable maisonettes, though the tenants of 105a have the sole enjoyment of the lincrusta dadoes in the original dining-room.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
Round about the said sarcophagus will be placed six dadoes or pedestals, on which six figures of the same dimensions will sit.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington
In these rooms there should be panels above the dadoes, worked in black, and polished, with yellow ochre or vermilion blocks interposed between them.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
After all these pieces have been squared up and the mill-marks removed, the dadoes or grooves and gains may be laid out and cut.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3 by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)
