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Noun

1. 1
   A moulding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture.

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astragalastragal

Etymology

From French fusarolle, from Italian fusaruolo, from fuso (“spindle, shaft of a column”). See fusee (“a conical wheel”).

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