dado

Meanings

Plural: dadoes, dados

Noun

• panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
• the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
• a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
• The section of a pedestal above the base.
• The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
• The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.

Verb

• provide with a dado
  • "The owners wanted to dado their dining room"
• cut a dado into or fit into a dado
• To furnish with a dado.
• To cut a dado.

Synonyms

wainscot