dado

n., pl., -does.

1. Architecture. The section of a pedestal between base and surbase.
2. The lower portion of the wall of a room, decorated differently from the upper section, as with panels.
3. 1. A rectangular groove cut into a board so that a like piece may be fitted into it.
   2. The groove so cut.

tr.v., -doed, -do·ing, -does.

1. To furnish with a dado.
2. 1. To cut a dado in.
   2. To fit into a dado.

[Italian, from Latin datum, neuter past participle of dare, to give.]

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1. The middle portion of a pedestal between the base (or the plinth) and the sur-base (or the cornice, cap, or entablement); also called die.
2. The middle part (sometimes all parts) of a protective, ornamental paneling applied to the lower walls of a room above the

dado, 3

baseboard.
3. A rectangular groove cut across the full width of a piece of wood to receive the end of another piece.

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[Ge]

Continuous border round the lower part of a wall decorated with painted plaster.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - brystpanel, sokkel, terningformet del af søjlefod/hoved
v. tr. - klippe uldklumper af får

Nederlands (Dutch)
lambrisering, sokkel

Français (French)
n. - lambris d'appui, cimaise, plinthe, dé (de piédestal)
v. tr. - écorner (un animal)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sockel, Kehle
v. - aushöhlen, in eine Nut einfügen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αρχιτ.) κύβος, κορμός υπόβαθρου κίονα

Italiano (Italian)
dado, zoccolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dado (m) (Arquit.)

Русский (Russian)
пьедестал, панель, паз

Español (Spanish)
n. - zócalo, friso
v. tr. - insertar en un zócalo, proporcionar un friso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - postament, sockel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
护墙板, 台座腰部, 给...建墩身或建墙裙, 在...上开槽

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 護牆板, 台座腰部
v. tr. - 給...建墩身或建牆裙, 在...上開槽

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 기둥 밑동
v. tr. - 홈을 파다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大入れ, 腰羽目

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الجزء الأوسط من قاعدة العمود, الجز الأدنى المزخرف من جدار الغرفه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חלק הקיר התחתון, החלק העליון של בסיס עמוד‬
v. tr. - ‮בנה חלק זה של הקיר‬

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