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• scotia
  scotia

  noun

  a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
• Scotia
  Scotia

  noun

  Scotland.

scotia

¹ American  

[skoh-shuh] / ˈskoʊ ʃə /

noun

Architecture.

1. a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.

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Scotia ² American  

[skoh-shuh] / ˈskoʊ ʃə /

noun

Literary.

1. Scotland.

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scotia British  

/ ˈskəʊʃə /

noun

1. a deep concave moulding, esp one used on the base of an Ionic column between the two torus mouldings

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Etymology

Origin of scotia¹

1555–65; < Latin < Greek skotía darkness (from its shadow)

Origin of Scotia²

< Latin: Scotland. See Scot, -ia

Example Sentences

The latter is a true cornice, composed of a small torus or bead, a scotia, and a fillet.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir

Just at the edge of the corona a line should be cut in, called the scotia.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

If properly taught the beauty in the orders of architecture can be brought out in the making of the bead, fillet, scotia, cove, etc.

From A Course In Wood Turning by Milton, Archie S.

In section this moulding may be compared to a large scotia divided into two cavettos by a torus.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir