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In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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Synonyms: colarino, hypotrachelium
Antonyms: none provided
Synonym of gorget (“armor”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: gorget
Antonyms: none provided
Synonym of gorget (“wimple (clothing); necklace, neck-ornamentation”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1992, R. W. Lightbown, Victoria and Albert Museum, Mediaeval European Jewellery: With a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum, Victoria & Albert Publications The gorgerette, or gorgerin, a collar or scarf or fichu whose original purpose had been to protect the neck or the neck and shoulders, was decorated quite early with gold mounts and jewels.
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Synonyms: gorget
Antonyms: none provided
the molding at the top of a column
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: necking
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: molding, moulding
Borrowed from French gorgerin.