Dado : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dado	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Dado
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dado n panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall Synonym(s): wainscot, dado the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it v provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room" cut a dado into or fit into a dado
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dado \Da"do\, n.; pl. {Dadoes}. [It. dado die, cube, pedestal; of the same origin as E. die, n. See {Die}, n.] (Arch.) (a) That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of {Column}. Hence: (b) In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See {Base course}, under {Base}. (c) In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.