annulet

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(ăn'yə-lĭt) pronunciation
n.
A ringlike molding around the capital of a pillar.

[Latin ānulus, ring; see annulus + -ET.]


A small molding, usually circular in plan and square or angular in section; esp. one of the fillets encircling the lower part of the Doric capital above the necking.

annulets: A, of a Doric capital. Shown enlarged in lower figure


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