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modillion |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Modillion \Mo*dil"lion\, n. [F. modillon, It modiglione Cf {Module}, n.] (Arch.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: modillion n : (architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice
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