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Definition of Dentil
1. n. A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.
Definition of Dentil
1. Noun. (architecture) One of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dentil
1. a small rectangular block [n -S] : DENTILED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dentil
Literary usage of Dentil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sheet-metal Work: A Manual of Practical Self-instruction in the Art of by William Neubecker, American Technical Society (1917)
"Among mechanics the shop term for architrave is foot-moulding; for frieze, panel;
and for I Fig. 255. the subdivisions of the cornice, dentil course, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"A French essay included in the volume deals with the granite churches of Jutland.
— RS DENTEL Same as dentil. DENTICULATED. Provided or adorned with dentils ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1885)
"him, und became, u year or two after his dentil, the wife of Sir John Packington.
By lier he had four daughters, of whom Elizabeth. the eldest, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"... the dentil:' church and the twelve sheep aro generally supposed to represent
the Apostles, none of »hum came forth from the Gentiles. ..."
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