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Venetian dentil

American

noun

Architecture.

(on an archivolt or molding) one of a series of small rectangular blocks having chamfers at alternate edges.

Etymology

Origin of Venetian dentil

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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The Venetian dentil was also introduced as a label round arches and as a string course.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

It has slightly pointed arches, with Venetian dentil borderings, and mosaics in the spandrils.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

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