Dentil
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DENTIL (from Lat. dens, a tooth), in architecture, a small tooth-shaped block used as a repeating ornament in the bedmould of a cornice.
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Architecture
A small rectangular block - a tooth-like cube -used in a series forming a molding under Ionic and Corinthian cornices ...
Dentils
An even series of rectangles used as ornament to decorate cornices of classical buildings and fireplace mantels. First found in Greek architecture 400 B.C., the dentil can be found on almost any Classical style building.
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dentil [ˈdɛntɪl]
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(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) one of a set of small square or rectangular blocks evenly spaced to form an ornamental row, usually under a classical cornice on a building, piece of furniture, etc.
A dentil is one of a series of closely spaced, rectangular blocks that form a molding. Dentil molding usually projects below the cornice, along the roofline of a building. However, dentil molding can form a decorative band anywhere on the structure.
A Dentil (from Lat. dens, a tooth) is, in architecture, a small tooth-shaped block used as a repeating ornament in the bedmould of a cornice.
Dentil - A small square block used in series in Ionic, Corinthian, Composite, and more rarely Doric Cornices.
Depressed arch - A flattened arch, slightly pointed on top. It appears in Late Gothic of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
dentils
Greek classical feature of a row of small rectangular shapes placed closely together beneath the cornice. Teeth-like in appearance.
depressed arch ...
dentils:
a series of small rectangular blocks forming a molding or projecting beneath a cornice
dormer:
a window set vertically in a small gable projecting from a slope in the roof ...
dentils - small square blocks found in a series on many cornices or moldings
Doric order - classical fluted columns with simple, plain capital and no base
dormer - vertical window projecting from the slope of a roof ...
Dentils -- A row of small tooth-like blocks in a classical cornice.
Doric Order -- A classical order with simple, unadorned capitals.
Dormer Window -- A window that projects from a roof.
Dentils: decorative motif of rectangular blocks in the bed-mold of a cornice
Engaged Order: decorative order projecting from but forming an integral part of the wall against which it stands ...
DENTILS: small tooth like projections adorning an area under an overhang; square blocks in series under a cornice. (IMAGE) ...
Dentils
the small rectangular tooth-like blocks used decoratively in Classical cornices.
Distyle in antis ...
Dentil A molding motif that projects from the edge of a roof line or cornice.
Doric The simplest of the three classical orders of Greek architecture.
Dormer A window which projects from a sloping roof.
Dentils
A series of closely spaced ornamental rectangular blocks resembling teeth, used as moldings; most often found in continuous bands beneath the cornice.
Dogleg Stair ...
Dentils: Dentils are tooth-like (hence the name) ornaments used in the cornice compositions of main and porch roofs and gables.
DENTILS Small rectangular blocks ornamenting the underside of a cornice.
dentil A small, tooth-like square block, used in a row as a decorative feature in a cornice.
distemper A water-soluble paint using egg-yolk or glue size as a binder. Used mostly for flat indoor wall decoration.
dentil: small square block resembling a tooth, used in horizontal rows on the lower part of a cornice, particularly in the Corinthian order.
dipteral: (Greek) having two rows of columns around the cella.
DENTIL One of a series of small blocks used to form an ornamental row; the collective term is dentillations, or used to describe a decoration, e.g. dentillated eaves, which can be seen on Annesley Lodge.
dentil - from Latin, dens, "tooth." A small rectangular block used in a series below the cornice in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders, and sometimes the Doric.
DENTIL
Small square block used in series in classical cornices. Dormer (window) - Window placed vertically in the sloping plane of a roof.
DRESSED STONE
Blocks of stone that have been trimmed and given a smooth face, i.e. ashlar stone.
Dentils. A series of small rectangular blocks, similar to a row of teeth, decorating Corinthian, Ionic and Composite cornices.
Dentils
A molding going around a house with rectangle holes in it.
Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary
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Dentils
Tooth-like blocks used in a close repeating pattern. Dentils are used in some Doric Order buildings in place of mutules. Dentils also appear on the bed moulding of Ionic, Corinthian and Composite orders.
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Dentil - A molding consisting simply of a row of small rectangles resembling teeth (hence, 'dentil'). Normally found in ionic style entablatures under the cornice.
dentil A small, square, toothlike block in a series beneath a cornice.
Doric One of five classical orders, recognizable by its simple capital.
DENTIL
Molding composed of equally spaced rectangular blocks; from the French for tooth.
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dentils - small, oblong blocks spaced in a band to decorate a cornice
dormer - an upright window projecting from the sloping roof of a building; also the roofed structure housing such a window ...
DENTILStooth-like projections in a cornice
DORMERSwindow set in a gable projecting from sloping roof. Frequently admits light into bedroom; the word "dormer" is derived from the French verb meaning "to sleep".
Billet (c/f dentil) - A decorative moulding, formed by cutting regular notches in several (alternating) bands, in Romanesque buildings.
Blind (tracery or arcading) - Applied to the surface of a wall or closed behind.
dentil simple, projecting, tooth-like molding, representing the ends of roofing or ceiling beams, found on the cornices of buildings. down an undulating, treeless upland plain.
or built against a wall to give more strength CAPITAL: the head or crowning feature of a column COLONNADE: a row of columns carrying an entablature or arches COLUMN: a free-standing, upright member of a circular section, usually for a support DENTIL: ...
Slight eave overhang, boxed with modillions, dentils, or other classical moldings
round fanlight or elliptical fanlight with sidelights at doors
six- or eight- panel door
Pilasters to sides of doors (may have pediment) ...
Embellished cornices, usually with dentil moldings and egg-and-dart molding underneath
Small one-story portico or entry porch with columns or entryway with classical detailing and decorative motifs such as festoons, urns, swags and garlands ...
IDENTIFYING FEATURES: Gable or hipped, low-pitch roof; dentil cornice emphasized with wide band of trim -- cornice represents classical entablature (includes cornice, frieze, architrave); porches: square or rounded columns (usually Doric), ...
DentilSmall square block used in series in classical cornices. Dentilation is produced by the projection of alternating headers, i.e. the short faces of bricks, along cornices or stringcourses.Depressed arch ...
Dentils A decorative row of small blocks like teeth along the cornice or fascia Dormer A window with a small roof and sides projecting from a larger sloping roof Dove-tail A neat joint between two timbers, ...
FRIEZE A frieze is the panel beneath the cornice at the top of a building' exterior wall which is often ornamented with brackets, dentils or modallions.
LINTEL The flat horizontal piece at the top of a window.
The columns, on attic bases, usually have about twenty four flutes, and are between eight and nine diameters in height. The entablature is usually about one-fifth of the whole. The cornice projects and often has dentil ornamentation, ...
 See also: Architecture, Cornice, Classical, House, Ornament
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