dado
pronunciation
How to pronounce dado in British English:
UK [ˈdeɪdəʊ]
How to pronounce dado in American English:
US [ˈdeɪdoʊ]
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- Noun:
- panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest
- 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
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- Verb:
- provide with a dado
- cut a dado into or fit into a dado
Word Origin
- dado
- dado: see date
- dado (n.)
- 1660s, of pedestals, from Italian dado "die, cube," from Latin datum (see die (n.)). Of wood panelling in a room, from 1787.
Example
- 1. A plane for making a dado groove .
- 2. A platform above the base and the dado of a pedestal .
- 3. In addition to payment for areas of flooring skirting and dado , specials such as coves , internal and external angles and beads shall be measured separately and paid for running metres .