mutule

American

[myoo-chool] / ˈmju tʃul /

noun

Architecture.

a projecting flat block under the corona of the Doric cornice, corresponding to the modillion of other orders.

mutule British

/ ˈmjuːtjuːl /

noun

architect one of a set of flat blocks below the corona of a Doric cornice Compare modillion

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Origin of mutule

First recorded in 1555–65, mutule is from the Latin word mūtulus modillion

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mutule

Three rows of six guttae each are attached to the under surface of a mutule.

From A History of Greek Art by Tarbell, Frank Bigelow

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