Like a dado round the room was the jutting line of splendid heavy game-heads, the best of their sort from every quarter of the world, with the rare white rhinoceros of the Lado Enclave drooping its supercilious lip above them all.
Source: wiktionary
Dado
//ˈdeɪdəʊ//
Synonyms for "dado" (101 found)
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7 entriesTranslations
3 translations across 3 languages.
French
1 entries- embrèvement noun (rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain)
Persian
1 entries- ازاره noun (lower portion of interior wall)
Spanish
1 entries- friso noun (lower portion of interior wall)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Hangings of tapestry were behind the high seats, worked with flowers, snake’s-head, snapdragon, dragon-mouth, and their kind; and on the dado below the windows were sculptures of birds and beasts and creeping things.
Source: wiktionary
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