dado (n.)

  1. panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall

    [ Syn: wainscot ]

  2. the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase

  3. a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it

    dado (v.)

  1. provide with a dado; The owners wanted to dado their dining room'

  2. cut a dado into or fit into a dado

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