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Definition of Fusarole
1. n. A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture.
Definition of Fusarole
1. Noun. (architecture) A moulding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture. ¹
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Definition of Fusarole
1. a semi-circular moulding around a column [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fusarole
Literary usage of Fusarole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"fusarole. A moulding of convex rounded section, commonly carved into beads or
the like ; as under an ..."
2. A Handbook of Rome and Its Environs by John Murray (Firm) (1875)
"... observe those subsequently placed, found, in 1875, near St. Eusebio, consisting
of pre-historical implements, flint arrowheads, rough pottery, fusarole, ..."
3. Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture by John Weale (1850)
"... when the timbers are sagged.either by casting, or by a set which they have
obtained by their weight in the course of time fusarole, in architecture, ..."
4. A Hand-book, Or, Concise Dictionary of Terms Used in the Arts and Sciences by Walter Hamilton (1825)
"fusarole. In Architecture, a moulding, or ornament, placed immediately under the
echinus, in the doric, ionic,and composite capitals. ..."
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