Necking

necking - affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, petting, smooching, snuggling
foreplay, stimulation, arousal - mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse ...

Necking - A narrow, annular moulding round the bottom of a capital between it and the shaft of the column.
Necropolis - A burial-ground or cemetery, usually in or near the city.

Necking - Ornament at the top of a column, bottom of the capital.
Newel - Center post of spiral staircase.
Nookshaft - Shaft set in angle of jamb or pier.

Necking
a groove or molding at the top of a column or pilaster forming the transition from shaft to capital.
Necropolis (pl. necropoleis) ...

Necking
On a Doric column, the necking appears as a plain section beneath the capital and above the astragal.
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The necking is the continuation of the shaft, but is visually separated by one or many grooves. The echinus lies atop the necking.

The necking is often visually separated by one or many grooves. The echinus lies above the necking. The echinus is a circular block that supports the abacus (a square block that supports the entablature).

(from the Gr. avf aov, a flower), the conventional design of flower or leaf forms which was largely employed by the Greeks to decorate (1) the fronts of ante-fixae, (2) the upper portion of the stele or vertical tombstones, (3) the necking of the ...

Necking - a narrow moulding between the base and shaft of a column.
Stylobate - the top step of the crepidoma.
Triglyph - the blocks with vertical grooves separating the metopes in a doric frieze. Said to represent beam ends.

Necking: Ornament at the top of a column, bottom of the capital. Net vault: A vault on which a complex of ribs gives a net-like appearance. See also: rib vault. Other types of rib vaults:fan vault, quadripartite rib vault, sexpartite rib vault.

See also: Shaft, Architecture, Capital, Moulding, Cornice